GOOD MORNING. THE SENATE
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER AS
WE CONTINUE TO TAKE SOME
PRECAUTIONS TO MANAGE THE
ONGOING COVID RISKS. I KNOW
YOU'VE ALL HEARD THIS LIKE 500
TIMES. SO HAVE I, BY THE WAY, UM
, THE SENATE CONTINUES TO
WELCOME THE PUBLIC AND HAS
PROVIDED ACCESS TO BOTH IN
PERSON AND TELECONFERENCE
PARTICIPATION FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT. FOR INDIVIDUALS WISHING
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT VIA
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE. THE
PARTICIPANT TOLL FREE NUMBER IN
ACCESS CODE IS POSTED ON AH, OUR
COMMITTEE WEBSITE AND ALL
ANNOUNCE IT TODAY, UH,
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS 844291. IN
THE ACCESS CODE IS 852. THE
COMMITTEE WILL ALLOW FOR TWO
MAIN WITNESSES PER SIDE AND WILL
LIMIT EACH WITNESS AT TWO
MINUTES. EACH REMINDER THAT JUST
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO
SPEAK, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO
REQUIREMENT. YOU SPEAK FOR THE
FULL TWO MINUTES. WE'LL BE
KEEPING TRACK OF TIME. SO MAKE
SURE YOUR BRIEF ALL OTHERS
WISHING TO TESTIFY MUST LIMIT
THEIR COMMENTS TO THEIR NME,
AFFILIATIONS AND POSITION ON THE
MEASURES. WE WILL LIMIT THE ME
TWOS TO 10 MINUTES. I WILL
MAINTAIN DECORUM DURING THE
HEARING IS, IT'S CUSTOMARY AND
IN THE ANY INDIVIDUALS
DISRUPTIVE WOULD BE MOVED FROM
THE REMOTE MEETING SERVICE OR
HAVE THEIR CONNECTIONS MUTED. WE
HAVE 41 ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA
BEFORE WE HEAR PRESENTATIONS. UH
WE WERE GOING TO START AS A
COMMITTEE. AND DO YOU HAVE A
PROBLEM WITH JUST START OKAY,
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A REPUBLICAN
TO SHOW UP. WE HAVE A POLICY
HERE THAT I UNFORTUNATELY,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S. BIGELOW
DOESN'T WORK FOR THIS. WITH THIS
POLICY, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR A
REPUBLICAN. G O COMMITTEE MEMBER
TO PLEASE COME DOWN SO THAT WE
CAN START THIS MEETING.
OKAY APPRECIATE THE
COMMUNICATION WITH THE, UH,
REPUBLICAN SENATORS ALL HAVE
CONCURRED THAT WE CAN PROCEED ON
THIS SO THAT THERE COLLEAGUES ON
IN THE ASSEMBLY CAN PRESENT
THEIR BILLS. WE HAVE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THAT HAVE
DEFERRED TO ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
QUIRK. LET ME SEE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S QUIRK. WHAT.
THAT WOULD BE FILE ITEM NUMBER
31 A B 22 10, PLEASE PROCEED. I
BELIEVE YOU UNDERSTAND THIS BILL
THOROUGHLY SO I WILL BE VERY
BRIEF. AH THIS BILL ALLOWS FOR
CANNABIS TO BE SOLD AT EVENTS
THAT HAVE A LIQUOR LICENSE AS
LONG AS THEY DON'T SELL LIQUOR
ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT. THANK
YOU AND MY WITNESS TODAY IS A ME
GENTLY. GOOD MORNING, MR
CHAIRMAN, AMY JENKINS ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA CANNABIS
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, SO JUST
WANT TO THANK THE ASSEMBLYMAN
FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS. WE
WORKED QUITE HARD A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO TO ESTABLISH A
TEMPORARY EVENT PERMIT PROCESS
AND MAYBE 2020. AND THE
PROVISIONS WERE CAREFULLY
NEGOTIATED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
, PUBLIC HEALTH AND OTHERS TO
ENSURE THAT ALCOHOL AND CANNABIS
WE'RE NOT CONSUMED ON THE SAME
PREMISES WITH THE INTENT OF
DETERRING YOUTH ACCESS AND
PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SAFETY. WHAT WE DIDN'T
ANTICIPATE WAS THAT THESE
LICENSES WOULD BE DENIED IN
LOCATIONS WHERE THE ABC HAS AN
EXISTING ALCOHOL LICENSE. SO
THIS PROVIDES SOME EXISTING
CLARITY IN THAT TEMPORARY EVENT
LICENSES CANNOT BE DENIED SIMPLY
BASED ON THAT LICENSE, WHILE
STILL ENSURING THAT NO ALCOHOL
AND CANNABIS IS CONSUMED ON THE
SAME PREMISES, SO WE APPRECIATE
THE CLARIFICATION THAT THE
ASSEMBLYMAN IS SEEKING IN THIS
BILL. THIS WILL PROMOTE MORE
LEGAL OPERATIONS AND DETER
ILLICIT MARKET ACTIVITY BECAUSE
WE CAN PROMOTE LEGAL PRODUCTS,
SO WE THINK THE ASSEMBLYMAN AND
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION AND URGE RIGHT
VOTE. MR JENKINS. LET'S CONTINUE
WITH WITNESSES SUPPORT HERE IN
THE ROOM. ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT HERE? YES. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, PAM LOPEZ ON
BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA NORMAL AND
SUPPORT. SEE NOBODY ELSE MOVING
FORWARD. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO
THE WITNESSES WAITING TO TEST
FIVE YEARS, THE TELECONFERENCE
SERVICE MODERATOR, IF YOU COULD
PLEASE PROMPT INDIVIDUALS
WAITING TO TESTIFY AND SUPPORT
OF 20 TO 10. GOOD MORNING,
MODERATOR. ARE YOU THERE?
THIS IS A MATTER WRITER CAN YOU
HEAR ME CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
PERFECT CAN YOU CALL WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT OF A B 22 10, PLEASE.
THANK YOU IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT
TO 10, PLEASE PRESS 10. CUTE.
AND AT THIS TIME THERE'S NO ONE
QUEUING UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MODERATOR AVING HEARD FROM ALL
SUPPORTERS WILL NOW FOLLOW THE
SAME PROCESS FROM ANY OPPOSITION
. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE ROOM
IN OPPOSITION TO A B 20 TO 10?
SEEING THEM. WE'LL MOVE ON TO
WITNESSES WAITING ON THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE MODERATOR
, CAN WE TRY THAT? I THINK
YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE SAME
RESULT. LET'S SEE. THANK YOU.
AND IF YOU'RE IN OPPOSITION,
PLEASE PRESS ONE AND ZERO. NO
ONE HAS QUEUED UP. OKAY SAYS AS
WE ARE SUBCOMMITTEE, WE CANNOT
TAKE ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND I
CAN'T EVEN GIVE EMOTIONS SO WITH
THAT. DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WORK? WELL
FIRST, MY THANKS TO THE
REPUBLICANS FOR ALLOWING ME TO
GO FORWARD AND PLEASE GIVE THEM
MY BEST WHEN THEY COME AND ASK
FOR YOUR I VOTED THE APPROPRIATE
TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S APPRECIATE THAT
VERY GOOD. HERE. ALRIGHT WE'LL
MOVE ON NOW TO FILE ITEM NUMBER
32 A B 23 22 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
WOULD GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU,
MR CHAIR. AND INVISIBLE MEMBERS.
WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA HAVE A
DESTROYED APPROXIMATELY 50,000
HOMES, AS WELL AS COUNTLESS
OTHER STRUCTURES, INCLUDING
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN SCHOOLS
THAT EXISTS TO PROVIDE SERVICES
TO THE COMMUNITY. IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT TO REBUILD DEVASTATED
COMMUNITIES WHEN KEY SERVICES
ARE ALSO DISPLACED IN THE
COMMUNITY. MAYBE 23 22 ADDRESSES
THIS ISSUE BY FOCUSES ON
FOCUSING ON STANDARDS THAT
INCREASED FIRE SAFETY FOR
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
BUILDINGS LOCATED IN HIGH RISK
ZONES. BY ASSURING THESE
BUILDINGS HAVE A BETTER CHANCE
OF REMAINING IN PLACE. AFTER A
CATASTROPHIC FIRE. WE MINIMIZE
ONE OF THE HURDLES ENCOUNTERED
WHEN COMMUNITIES ARE MAKING
DECISIONS ABOUT HOW AND WHERE TO
REBUILD. PROVIDING TESTIMONY
TODAY IS BRIAN TRIMBLE WERE FROM
THE INTERNATIONAL MASONRY
INSTITUTE, WHO WAS CALLING IN
REMOTELY AS WELL AS GARY DIFFER
FROM THE BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED
CRAFT WORKERS LOCAL THREE WHO IS
JOINING US IN PERSON.
RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR YOUR I
VOTE WHEN THE TIME COMES. THANK
YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. GERMAN DODD
ESTEEMED COMMITTEE MEMBERS. GOOD
MORNING, I STAND BEFORE YOU MY
NAME IS GARY P FOR AND I AM THE
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF LOCAL
THREE. WHICH STANDS FOR
BRICKLAYERS AND CRAFT WORKERS.
CALIFORNIA AFFILIATE THE OLDEST
CONTINUOUSLY OPERATIONAL
CONSTRUCTION TRADE UNION IN
NORTH AMERICA. THREE HAS LONG
BEEN AN ARDENT PROPONENT OF
CREATING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
BY BUILDING STRUCTURES THAT
STAND THE TEST OF TIME AND
MOTHER NATURE. UNTIL NOW, VERY
LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE TO ENSURE
THAT BUILDING MATERIALS UTILIZED
TO CONSTRUCT CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE IN AREAS OF OUR
STATE THAT ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE
TO WILDFIRE MEETS STANDARDS
NECESSARY TO WITHSTAND PROLONGED
EXPOSURE TO FIRE. A B 23 22
CLEARLY ADDRESSES THIS PROBLEM
BY REQUIRING THE BUILDING
STANDARDS COMMISSION IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE FIRE
MARSHAL TO ADOPT UPDATED
BUILDING STANDARDS ON FIRE
RESISTANCE. THAT WOULD APPLY TO
NONRESIDENTIAL CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE IN VERY HIGH,
HIGH AND MODERATE FIRE SEVERITY
ZONES. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS COMMON
SENSE, BILL. AS YOU CONTINUE TO
SERVE AND PROTECT CALIFORNIA'S
MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE. ITS
PEOPLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS
MR TRIMBLE HERE OR IS HE ON THE
LINE? REMOTE REMOTE. MR.
TRIMBLE, ARE YOU THERE? MODERATE
CAN WE CHECK AND SEE IF MR
TRIMBLE IS ON THE LINE, PLEASE?
THANK YOU. ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.
MR TREMBLE. YOUR LINE IS OPEN,
PLEASE ON MUTE. THANK YOU. THIS
IS BRIAN TRIMBLE WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY INSTITUTE
AND SUPPORT THIS IS A COMMON
SENSE MEASURE DESIGNED TO ENSURE
BUILDING MATERIALS USED TO
CONSTRUCT CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE IN HIGH HAZARD
ZONES ARE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE
GROWING THREAT OF WILDFIRES IN
CALIFORNIA. THE CURRENT CODE
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS HASN'T SHOWN
IT IS RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO THE
THREAT OF WILDFIRES, AS
EVIDENCED BY THE ONGOING
DESTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS THAT
MEET RECENT CODES. WAS THE
CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE
REVISION, SAFEGUARD TO PROTECT
AGAINST THE SPREAD OF FIRE AND
SMOKE WITHIN A BUILDING. AND THE
SPREAD OF FIRE FOR ONE BUILDING
TO ANOTHER. IT HAS DONE VERY
LITTLE TO ENSURE THAT
NONRESIDENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN
AREAS THAT ARE MOST ACCEPTABLE
TO WILDFIRE MEET STANDARDS
NECESSARY TO WITHSTAND PROLONGED
EXPOSURE TO THOSE FIRES. THIS
BILL FIXES THAT PROBLEM ENGINEER
BY TRAINING, AND I'M AVAILABLE
TO ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS THAT MAY ARISE. WE
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE
ROOM WISHING TO TESTIFY AND
SUPPORT SEE NONE. MODERATOR. CAN
WE CHECK? ONLINE TO SEE IF
ANYBODY IS IN SUPPORT OF A B 23
22, PLEASE. THANK YOU. IF YOU'RE
IN SUPPORT, PLEASE PRESS 10. AND
WE HAVE NO ONE QUEUING UP AT
THIS TIME. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE
GOING TO BE MOVING. FROM
SUPPORTERS TO ANY OPPOSITION. IS
THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS
BILL IN THE ROOM? SEEING NONE
MODERATORS. SAME THING ON LINE
FOR OPPOSITION FOR A B 23 22.
THANK YOU. AND IF YOU'RE AN
OPPOSITION, PLEASE PRESS ONE AND
ZERO. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE ONE
IN Q ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.
BUT JUST GETTING THEIR
INFORMATION.
AND THAT IS LINE 28. PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD MORNING TURN MEMBERS
PRETTY GARDEN ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA BUILDING. OFFICIALS
WERE NOT RESPECTFUL, OPPOSE
UNLESS AMENDED POSITIONS
POSITION. WE SUPPORT THE INTENT
OF THE BILL GOING THROUGH THE
REGULATORY PROCESS. COULD FEEL
THAT THE PRESCRIPTIVE
REQUIREMENTS IN THE BILL ARE A
LITTLE TOO FAR AND WOULD PREFER
THEM TO CONSIDER THE STATE FARM
MOTORCYCLE TO CONSIDER AS
OPPOSED TO PUTTING SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS IN STATUTE, SO
WE'RE HOPEFUL AND I'VE HAD
CONVERSATIONS WITH HELICOPTERS
THAT WILL CONSIDER PERSPECTIVE.
AND FOR TODAY WE ARE IN
RESPECTFUL OPPOSING. MUST HAVE
BEEN A POSITION. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO
ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
MODERATOR ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WOULD
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE WHEN THE
TIME COMES? JUST RESPECTFULLY
ASK YOUR I VOTE AND HOPE THAT
YOU GET SOME MEMBERS UP THERE.
YOU LOOK A LITTLE LONELY SER.
THANK YOU. I'M FEELING AWFULLY
LONELY AS WELL. YEAH. OKAY WE'RE
GONNA MOVE. WE JUST HAVE YOU
KNOW ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THAT ARE
LOOKING AFTER THEIR FELLOW
MEMBERS ALL DAY LONG HERE AND
SENATE. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BIGELOW
IS, UH, ALLOWED ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
SEYARTO TO PROCEED. SIR YOU'VE
GOT FILE ITEM NUMBER 19 A B 16
87, PLEASE PROCEED. WELL, THANK
YOU. HONORABLE CHAIR. I'M HERE
TO PRESENT A B 16 87 UNDER
CURRENT LAW. THE CALIFORNIA
EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT
AUTHORIZES THE GOVERNOR TO
SUSPEND ANY REGULATION OR
STATUTE DURING A STATE OF
EMERGENCY. EMERGENCY POWERS
EXIST IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE
STATE TO RESPOND IN A TIMELY AND
EFFECTIVE MANNER TO AN IMMINENT
CRISIS. CONSEQUENTLY IT HAS BEEN
A LONG HELD ASSUMPTION THAT
EMERGENCY POWERS WILL ONLY BE
EXERCISED TO RESPOND TO
CONDITIONS RELATED TO THE ACTUAL
STATE OF EMERGENCY. HOWEVER AS
CURRENTLY WRITTEN. CALIFORNIA
LAW DOES NOT LIMIT EMERGENCY
POWERS TO THAT END. THE LAW AND
ITS EXISTING STATE AUTHORIZES
POWERS PREVIOUSLY SPECIFIED
SIMPLY UNDER THE CONDITION THAT
A STATE OF EMERGENCY EXISTS,
EVEN IF THOSE POWERS ARE
EXERCISED. TO RESPOND TO
UNRELATED ISSUES OR CONDITIONS.
OF THE CURRENT 35 STATES THAT
HAVE SIMILAR POWERS TO
CALIFORNIA. 26 HAVE EXPLICITLY
LIMITED THESE POWERS TO THE
STATE OF EMERGENCY, LEAVING A
MERE NINE WITHOUT THIS CLARITY.
A B 16 87 WOULD JOIN CALIFORNIA
WITH THE MAJORITY IN MAINTAINING
CLEAR GUIDANCE UNDER EMERGENCY
POWERS STATUTE BY CODIFYING THE
LONG HELD ASSUMPTION THAT
EMERGENCY POWERS ARE AUTHORIZED
SO LONG AS THEY RELATE TO THE
CONDITIONS F THE CLEAR,
DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY.
THIS BILL HAS ENJOYED UNANIMOUS
AND BIPARTISAN SUPPORT THROUGH
ITS JOURNEY THROUGH THE ASSEMBLY
WITH ZERO OPPOSITION. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE
WHEN THE TIME COMES. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S IS THERE
ANYBODY IN THE ROOM WISHING TO
TESTIFY AND SUPPORT OF A B 16
87? SEE NONE MODERATOR CAME. WE
CHECK ONLINE THE PHONE LINES TO
SEE IF THERE'S ANY SUPPORT
ONLINE FOR A B 16 87. THANK YOU
. AND IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT,
PLEASE PRESS 10. AND THERE'S NO.
ONE IN CUBA AT THIS TIME. THANK
YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO
OPPOSITION. ANYBODY IN THE ROOM
AND OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE.
MODERATOR. SAME BACK AT YOU
THERE. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU'RE
OPPOSED, PLEASE PRESS OF LONDON
ZERO. AND THERE'S NO ONE IN. Q
OKAY. THANK YOU, MODERATOR. UM
SO WE'RE AT THAT POINT WHERE
WE'RE STILL SUBCOMMITTEE. ANY
QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS ON
THIS BILL? NOPE. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE? ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AND I VOTE
WHEN THE TIME COMES. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, SIR. AT LAST, MR
BIGELOW. FILE NUMBER 2 84 95.
PLEASE PROCEED. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIRMAN AND GOOD MORNING TO ALL
THE MEMBERS, UH, THOSE PRESENT
AND THOSE THAT ARE YET TO
ATTEND. IT'S KIND OF A NEW LOOK
FOR US. I HAVEN'T BEEN IN YOUR
CHAMBER, SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF
THE ATMOSPHERE IN HERE. IT'S
SIMILAR TO OUR G O HEARINGS,
THOUGH WE TO LACK MEMBERS FROM
TIME TO TIME. SHOWING UP. ANYWAY
WITH THAT SAID, MR CHAIRMAN. I'M
HERE TO PRESENT A B 495. I WOULD
LIKE TO START BY THANKING THE
COMMITTEE STAFF ARE WORKING WITH
MY STAFF ON THIS BILL. HB 495
WOULD PERMIT A BEER MANUFACTURER
WITH AT LEAST TWO BEER
MANUFACTURING FACILITIES IN THE
STATE. AND AT LEAST TWO BEER AND
WINE WHOLESALE LICENSES TO
DISTRIBUTE SPIRITS PRODUCTS,
WHICH THEY OWN, HOLD AN INTEREST
IN OR HAVE A LICENSE TO
MANUFACTURE. CURRENT LAW
REGULATES THE TIDE HOUSE OR
THREE TIER SYSTEM, WHICH
OUTLINES AND REGULATES ALCOHOL
MARKET PRIVILEGES RELATED TO
MANUFACTURING. DISTRICT,
CHRISTIAN DISTRIBUTION AND
RETAIL SALES OF ALCOHOL IN THE
STATE. CURRENTLY WINE AND BEER
MANUFACTURERS HAVE THE ABILITY
TO SELF DISTRICT THEIR PRODUCTS
. THE LEGISLATION WOULD ALLOW
CERTAIN DISTILLED SPIRITS
MANUFACTURERS TO OBTAIN SIMILAR
PRIVILEGES. THE SIMPLE GOAL OF
THIS LEGISLATION IS TO PROVIDE
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES
TO EXPAND THE REACH OTHER
PRODUCTS WITHIN THE STATE,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR SIZE. 84 95
IS UNNECESSARY EVOLUTION OF THE
TIDE HOUSE LAW IN THE STATE TO
PROVIDE FOR FLEXIBILITY FOR
DISTRIBUTION, SPIRITS AND ONLY
VERY SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES, SO
THE CONSUMER HAS ACCESS TO THESEPRODUCTS AT RETAILERS. PLEASE UM
, WITH ME TODAY TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL ARE KIRK
KIMMEL SHOE ON BEHALF OF THE
HOUSE. ON BEHALF OF ANHEUSER
BUSCH AND KEVIN LUCKY ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA FAMILY BEAR
DISTRIBUTORS. AND WE ALSO HAVE
JACOB APPLE SMITH FROM PILLSBURY
FOR ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT
MAY ARISE. MR CHAIR. PLEASE MR
KIMBALL SHOE. PROCEED MR
CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. THANKS FOR THE TIME
TO ALLOW US TO BE HERE TODAY ON
A B 4 95 BY MR BIGELOW HERE
TODAY FOR ANHEUSER BUSCH IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL, I THINK, AS
MR BIGELOW OUTLINED, WHAT THE
BILL REALLY SEEKS TO DO IS OFFER
A LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY TO
MANUFACTURERS THAT ARE PERMITTED
IN THE STATE TO OWN THEIR OWN
DISTRIBUTION. AND FIND A WAY THE
PATHWAY FORWARD FOR US TO
PARTNER WITH OUR INDEPENDENT
WHOLESALER PARTNERS WHO YOU'LL
HEAR FROM NEXT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE HAVE AN OPTION AND A LEVEL OF
FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE PRODUCTS
THROUGH THE SYSTEM. IN THE EVENT
THAT THAT IS AN AVENUE THAT IS
NEEDED. THE BILL DOESN'T CHANGE
ANY OF THE EXISTING PRIVILEGES.
FOR SPIRITS DISTRIBUTORS IN THE
STATE, BUT IT DOES OFFER A
SLIGHT ALTERATION. AND I THINK,
AS MR BIGELOW MENTIONED AND
EVOLUTION OF THE TIDE HOUSE LAWS
TO EVOLVE WITH EXACTLY WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH MANUFACTURERS AS
OUR PORTFOLIO HAS DIVERSIFIED.
WE THINK WE NEED A FEW MORE
DIVERSE OPTIONS AND AGAIN,
THEY'RE ONLY THAT FLEXIBLE
OPTIONS. AT OUR DISPOSAL TO MAKE
SURE THAT CONSUMERS HAVE ACCESS
TO THESE PRODUCTS THAT THEY
REALLY SEEK AND DESIRE. AND WE
THINK THE BILL WILL DO EXACTLY
THAT. AND WE URGE YOUR SUPPORT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS
WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR
LUCKY. MONING, MR CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY
NAME IS KEVIN. LUCKY AND I'M,
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
CALIFORNIA FAMILY BEER
DISTRIBUTORS. CALIFORNIA FAMILY
BEER DISTRIBUTORS REPRESENTS
NEARLY ALL OF THE INDEPENDENT
FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED BEER
DISTRIBUTORS HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
MANY OF OUR MEMBERS ARE PARTNERS
WITH ANNA'S OR BUSH IN
CALIFORNIA, AND AS A BUSH
PARTNERS WITH INDEPENDENT
DISTRIBUTORS TO SELL THEIR
PRODUCTS IN 52 OF 58, CALIFORNIA
COUNTIES. IN PORTIONS OF SIX
COUNTIES AND AS A BUSH DOES NOT
UTILIZE AN INDEPENDENT
DISTRIBUTOR BUT INSTEAD OWNS AND
OPERATES A DISTRIBUTOR OF THEIR
OWN. INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS
ARE PERMITTED TO SELL SPIRITS
BASED PRODUCTS BUT AND AS A BUSH
OWNED DISTRIBUTORS ARE NOT
BECAUSE OF THIS PROHIBITION AND
OTHER BUSH'S STATEWIDE FOOTPRINT
OF SELF DISTRIBUTION FOR SPIRITS
BASED PRODUCTS HAS LARGE GAPS IN
THESE SIX COUNTIES. THESE GAPS
PREVENT NOT ONLY ANHEUSER BUSCH
BUT ALSO THEIR INDEPENDENT
WHOLESALER PARTNERS FROM SELLING
THESE PRODUCTS AS THE ROUTE TO
MARKET STATEWIDE IS NOT VIABLE
OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL. CLAIMS
TO SPEAK FOR THE WHOLESALE
INDUSTRY IN STATING THAT ANNA'S
BUSHES INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS
CAN EASILY COVER THESE
TERRITORIES. I REPRESENT THOSE
ANIMALS OR BUSCH DISTRIBUTORS
AND CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT
HOW OUR INDUSTRY WORKS. IT IS
NOT FEASIBLE TO TAKE A NEW
PRODUCT OUTSIDE OF DISTRIBUTORS
QUART TERRITORY AND EXPECT TO BE
SUCCESSFUL IN A PLACE WHERE YOU
HAVE NO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
C F P D IS ASKING FOR AN I VOTE
ON A BEFORE 95 BECAUSE IT
PROVIDES AN EXTREMELY NARROW
EXCEPTION THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR
INDEPENDENT WHOLESALERS WHO
PARTNER WITH ANHEUSER BUSCH TO
EXPAND THEIR PORTFOLIOS WITH
DISTILLED SPIRITS PRODUCTS.
MANUFACTURED BY THEIR BUSINESS
PARTNER, 84 95 IS MUTUALLY
BENEFICIAL FOR ANHEUSER BUSCH,
AND THEY'RE INDEPENDENT
DISTRIBUTOR PARTNERS. I KINDLY
ASKED THE COMMITTEE FOR MY VOTE
, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM WISHING
TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF A B 4
95. SEE NONE. MODERATOR CAN WE
GO TO THE TELECONFERENCE LINE
FOR TESTIMONY AND SUPPORTIVE
MAYBE 4 95, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
AND IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT, PLEASE
PRESS ONE, THEN ZERO. WE DO HAVE
A COUPLE OF PEOPLE QUEUING UP
ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.
IN THE FIRST PERSON IS LYING.
51, PLEASE GO AHEAD. THIS IS
MICHAEL AZZURRINI WITH ADVANCED
BEVERAGE COMPANY IN BAKERSFIELD
, AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF A B 4
95. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. AND THE NEXT PERSON IS
LYING. 39, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 9
39, YOU'RE OPEN. PLEASE GO AHEAD
LINE 39. NO RESPONSE WILL MOVE
TO LINE. 27, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA
HARDEN, AND I REPRESENT MARC
STEIN BEVERAGE COMPANY OF
SACRAMENTO, AND WE SUPPORT A B 4
95. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU AND AGAIN IF YOU ARE IN
SUPPORT, PLEASE PRESS 10. AND
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MODERATOR NOW WILL HE
? HAVING HEARD FROM THE
SUPPORTERS? WE'RE GOING TO GO TO
THE OPPOSITION. ANYBODY IN THE
ROOM, WHICH SEEM TO TESTIFY IN
OPPOSITION TO A B 4 95. IS IT
RIGHT HERE? YEAH I BELIEVE I HAD
THAT RIGHT ON MY SCRIPT HERE.
SO, MR LANG JOE, ARE YOU ON THE
LINE? MODERATOR, MR CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS. SO UM, MR CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS, SO LANGE, REPRESENTING
THE CALIFORNIA WINE AND
SPIRITUAL CREATION ALSO THE
OTHER MARKET. REPUBLIC NATIONAL
DISTRIBUTING. THIS IS ONE OF THE
HARDER POSITIONS TO BE A UH, MR
CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS BECAUSE
BOTH THE AUTHOR AND I THINK THE
COMMITTEE UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE
FOR THE THREE TIER SYSTEM. IN
THE ALCOHOL, SAVAGE WORLD AND.
WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ADDRESS AN
ISSUE, WHICH WAS RAISED BY THE
SUPPORT INDEPENDENT WHOLESALERS
THAT THERE MAY IN FACT, BE BUT
CERTAIN REGIONS OF THE STATE
WHERE WHERE THEY DO NOT HAVE
INFRASTRUCTURE. IN ORDER TO
DISTRIBUTE AND HOUSE OF BUSHES.
FULFILLED SPIRITS PRODUCT. WE
DID FACILITATE BUSINESS
DISCUSSIONS AND MAKE CLEAR AND
ASSURED. THEN HOST OF BUSH. BUT
IN FACT OUR DISTRIBUTORS DO HAVE
INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALL THOSE
COUNTIES. AND ALREADY DO
DISTRIBUTE AND I WAS A BUS TO
BUILD FIRST PART TO BUILD. UM.
GIVEN THAT, UM WHAT WE'RE REALLY
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. IS WHAT
THE PROBLEM IS TO ADDRESS. WHILE
THERE WAS, I THINK GOOD FAITH
BUSINESS DISCUSSIONS, AND I
THINK THERE WAS AN UNDERSTANDING
THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS
AVAILABLE, IN FACT, ALREADY DOES
DISTRIBUTE PRODUCT. IN THOSE
REGIONS. I THINK THERE IS A
DESIRE AND WHAT THIS BILL WOULD
DO WOULD BE FOR THE FIRST TIME
EVER ALLOW A DISTILLED SPIRIT
MANUFACTURER. YOU DISTRIBUTE
THEIR OWN PRODUCT. THE WHOLE
PURPOSE FOR THE TIDE HOUSE
SYSTEM IS IMPACT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE DON'T CREATE MONOPOLIES.
BIT INVOLVED. BOTH MANUFACTURER
WHOLESALING OF BUILD SPIRIT.
SPIRITS ARE DIFFERENT THAN BEER
PRODUCTS AND DIFFERENT THAN
WINE. UM THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW
ONE COMPANY FOR THE FIRST TIME
EVER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO
THEY CAN SAY IN REALITY, WE
DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM
THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
WELL IN THE BUSHES, INDEPENDENT.
WHOLESALERS CAN AND DO. MANY OF
THEM HAVE DISTILLED SPIRITS
WHOLESALE LICENSES. THERE MAY BE
REASONS WHERE, ACCORDING TO
THEIR TESTIMONY, THEY DON'T HAVE
INFRASTRUCTURE. THE REALITY IS
WE DO THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE
THERE. WE HAVE ASSURED, AND I
SUPPOSE THAT IN FACT THAT WAS
DISTRIBUTION NOT ONLY EXIST.
CURRENTLY WITH THEIR PROJECTS,
BUT WOULD CONTINUE TO AND WOULD
GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPAND. YES, THE INDEPENDENT
WHOLESALERS. WHO SUPPORTS THE
BILL DESIRE THEY CAN ACHIEVE,
THEY CAN OBTAIN A WHOLESALE
LICENSE AND ALSO CREATE AN
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALREADY
EXIST. BUT WHAT THIS BILL DOES
ACTUALLY CREATE A VERY LARGE.
SESSION TO ONE MANUFACTURER. TO
SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT WE THINK
REALLY DOESN'T EXIST. THE
DISTRIBUTION IS THERE. WE ARE
ALREADY DISTRIBUTE THEIR
PRODUCTS IN A VERY SUCCESSFUL
MANNER. AND CHANGING THE WAR TO
DO THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
CREATES A DIFFICULT DYNAMIC, UM
, BUT LIKELY WOULD POTENTIALLY
BE FOLLOWED BY OTHER
MANUFACTURERS AND BASICALLY.
CREATE ACTUALLY THE COLLAPSE OF
THE THREE TIER SYSTEM. SO WITH
ALL THOSE CONCERNS WE ARE
PREPARED TO TRY AND RESOLVE
WHATEVER IT IS ACTUALLY THE
PROBLEM THAT EXISTS. WE THINK WE
DEMONSTRATED THAT THE PROBLEM
DOESN'T EXIST. LEAVE IT IN THERE
BEFORE. YEP, I'M GOING TO CLOSE.
WOULD PREFER TO. THEIR OWN
PRODUCTS, PROBABLY IN A LOT OF
OTHER PEOPLE. BUT THEN THAT
BASICALLY CALLED INTO QUESTION
THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE THREE
TIER SYSTEM. AND THEY WERE
OPPOSED. BUT HAPPY TO TRY AND
SOLVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY IN THE ROOM WISHING TO
JUST FIND OPPOSITION. THANK YOU
CHAIR AND MEMBERS, RYAN FLANAGAN
ON BEHALF OF SOUTHERN GLASER'S
WINE AND SPIRITS. I THINK MR
LANG SUMMED UP OUR CONCERNS
PRETTY WELL WERE IN OPPOSITION
AS WELL. THANKS. DENNIS SLOPER,
WITH CALIFORNIA BEER AND
BEVERAGES, STRIPPERS ALSO WANNA
POST. SEEING NOBODY ELSE. COME
FORWARD. MODERATOR CAN WE PLEASE
OPEN THE LINES AND SEE IF
THERE'S ANY OPPOSITION TO HB 4
95 ON THE TELECONFERENCE LINE?
THANK YOU. AND IF YOU'RE
OPPOSED, PLEASE PRESS ONE AND
ZERO. WE DO HEADLINE 39, PLEASE
GO AHEAD. 9 39 YEAR LINE IS
OPEN. NO RESPONSE AND NO ONE
ELSE. THANK YOU. PLEASE GO
AHEAD. THANK YOU, MODERATOR.
OKAY, SO, UM WE'RE GOING TO GO
BACK TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MR
BECKER, SURE. MR BIGELOW, JUST.
THE OPPOSITION IS SAYING THAT
THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T
EXIST. I MEAN, HOW WOULD YOU
JUST VERY CLEARLY? HOW WOULD
YOU? UM UH, YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN
THE PROBLEM THAT YOU'RE THAT
THIS BILL SOLVES. I THINK THE
ISSUE THAT'S AT HAND REALLY IS
THE BELIEF THAT FROM TIME TO
TIME THERE ARE ZONES WITHIN THE
STATE THAT ARE ABSENT OF
DELIVERY OR A COST EFFECTIVE WAY
OF DELIVERING FROM TIME TO TIME
. SOME FOLKS WHO DELIVER MAY NOT
BE ABLE TO DELIVER AND COST
EFFECTIVE WAY AND CHOOSE TO NOT
DELIVER THE PRODUCTS. THEY'RE
LEAVING A WHAT'S DEFINED AS A
BLACK HOLE. WITH THAT BLACK
HOLE. IT LEAVES THE PRODUCT. A
MISS FROM CERTAIN PEOPLE'S
ABILITY TO PURCHASE SO THE
MANUFACTURER WOULD LIKE THE
ABILITY SINCE THEY'RE DELIVERING
TO THAT BLACK HOLE ALREADY JUST
TO ADD THAT PRODUCT ON THEIR
DELIVERY TRUCK AND PRESENTED
THERE. IT'S NOT ANY MORE GREATER
THAN THAT. AND IF YOU WANT, I
COULD ASK ONE OF THE WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT TO BE MORE CLARIFYING
IN THAT RESPONSE, SO THAT YOU'RE
CLEAR ON WHAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED
TO VOTE ON TODAY. WHEN YOU SAID
COST EFFECTIVELY SAYING, IS
THERE SOMETHING THAT DOES EXIST
? BUT IT'S JUST I GUESS WHO
DEFINES COST EFFECTIVE IS THAT I
THINK I THINK THE BEST WAY IS TO
ALLOW ONE OF THE FOLKS TO
ADDRESS THAT QUESTION MORE
DIRECTLY FROM THE WITNESSES.
YEAH, HAPPY TO SENATOR BECKER
AND THROUGH THE CHAIR KIRK
KIMMEL SHOW ON BEHALF OF
ANHEUSER BUSCH. UM THE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LINES IT UP
VERY SUCCINCTLY. I THINK,
ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW, WHAT
HAPPENS IS BEER AND WINE CAN BE
DISTRIBUTED BY SOME COMPANY
OWNED DISTRIBUTORS. SO
MANUFACTURER OAN DISTRIBUTION
IN THE STATE. ANHEUSER BUSCH
WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE IN YOUR
DISTRICT AS AN EXAMPLE. SENATOR
Mí
INDEPENDENT WHOLESALER PARTNER.
THEY COVER THE PREDOMINANCE OF
YOUR SENATORIAL DISTRICT WHERE
WE OWN SOME COMPANY OWNED
DISTRIBUTION. THAT WAS
HIGHLIGHTED IN IN ABOUT SIX
PORTIONS OF SIX DIFFERENT
COUNTIES IN THE STATE WERE NOT
PERMITTED TO DISTRIBUTE THESE
PRODUCTS. SO WE HAVE A FEW
DIFFERENT OPTIONS, ONE THAT
WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE YOUR
APPROVAL ON. AND YOUR YES VOTE
OF TODAY. THAT WOULD ALLOW US
THAT VERY NARROW FLEXIBILITYIN
THOSE SPECIFIC COUNTIES TO
DISTRIBUTE THESE PRODUCTS, AS MR
BIGELOW INDICATED. IN
CONJUNCTION WITH OUR BEER AND
WINE PORTFOLIO. WE DO PARTNER AS
WELL AS MR LANG MENTIONED WITH
TRADITIONAL WINE AND SPIRITS
WHOLESALERS FOR STATEWIDE
FOOTPRINT, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT
THEY ARE UNABLE TO TAKE OUR
PRODUCTS, OR THEY'RE NOT WILLING
TO TAKE THOSE PRODUCTS. WE
REALLY FEEL WE NEED A FLEXIBLE
SOLUTION. IN ORDER TO GET THESE
PRODUCTS TO MARKET AND WHAT WE
THINK IT REALLY DOES IS
STRENGTHENS THE INDEPENDENT
WHOLESALER NETWORK THAT WE HAVE
IN THE STATE PEOPLE LIKE THE
MARDI GRAS. NO FAMILY IN YOUR
DISTRICT WHO HAVE BEEN AT THIS
FOR YOU KNOW 50 75 100 YEARS.
AND IT REALLY IS ABOUT CONSUMER
CCESS. WE JUST REALLY WANT THE
ABILITY TO BUILD THESE BRANDS.
MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE TAKE A
BRAND FROM ITS INFANCY, WE HAVE
THE ABILITY TO GROW IT AND
DEVELOP IT. AND WE REALLY SEE
THAT AS A PARTNERSHIP WITH BOTH
ARE INDEPENDENT WHOLESALERS AND
A TRADITIONAL WINE AND SPIRITUAL
SAILOR, AND WE DON'T SEE IT AS A
NEGATIVE FOR ANYONE ON EITHER
SIDE. WE JUST SEE IT AS AN ADDED
FLEXIBLE MEASURE FOR US TO MAKE
SURE THESE PRODUCTS HAVE A ROUTE
TO MARKET. ANYBODY ELSE WISHING. ASK ANY QUESTIONS. SENATOR
ALLEN. YOU KNOW THIS IS A TOPIC%
THAT I'VE SPENT SOME TIME ON.
UNFORTUNATELY OF LATE, AND I, UM
I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO THANK
YOU. SAME MEMBER FOR YOUR WORK.
I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF INTEREST WITH
VERY VALID CONCERNS ON BOTH
SIDES. UH AND, UM SO I'M
CERTAINLY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS.
I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THE BILL. WE
CAN'T DO THAT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE
WE'RE STILL A SUBCOMMITTEE.
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING UM, I AM
GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS BILL
TODAY, TOO. I THINK IT SOLVES
THE PROBLEM. KIND OF UNCLEAR
ABOUT WHY THE OPPOSITION DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM. THAT
NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED, FRANKLY,
FOR ME AS A FORMER FRANCHISEE
WHEN I SEE FRANCHISORS WANTING
SOMETHING, YOU GENERALLY IT
WOULD BE THE FRANCHISEES. THAT
WOULD OPPOSE IT. YOU KNOW AS
WELL. SO SEEING THAT THE FAMILY,
YOU KNOW? BEER. DISTRIBUTORS ARE
SUPPORTING THAT THAT SAYS A LOT
FOR ME. SO SOME OF THE MEMBER
BIGELOW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? YES MR CHAIRMAN. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR, UM, POSITION OF
SUPPORT AND MR ALLEN'S POSITION
OF SUPPORT IN ADVANCE OF EMOTION
AND THE BODY TAKING AN ACTION.
UM. THIS BILL IS A GOOD BILL. I
THINK IT'S A RIGHTEOUS BILL. THE
DIFFICULTY IS IT'S PITTED
FRIENDS AGAINST FRIENDS, AND
THAT'S A HARD THING AND IT'S
REALLY HARD PLACE FOR ME TO BE.
AND BECAUSE I'M PERSONALLY
FRIENDS WITH ALL THE PARTIES
THAT ARE HERE TODAY. SO I'M
DOING MY BEST TO TRY TO NAVIGATE
. AND IF THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO
NAVIGATE AND MAKE THIS EVEN AND
EVEN BETTER, BILL, I'M COMMITTED
TO DOING THAT. WITHOUT IT. I
WOULD ASK FOR AN I VOTE. I
APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. I
THINK THEY'RE SPOT ON. THANK
YOU. SO WE WILL HERE AS SOON AS
WE GET A QUORUM WILL DO THAT.
FOR NOW, I'VE GOT TO GO PRESENT
A COUPLE OF BILLS SENATOR BECKER
WILL BE TAKING OVER THE MEETING.
THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE TOO
FAR LEFT AND 26. BY
ASSEMBLYWOMAN AGUIAR-CURRY.
THANK YOU FEEL FREE TO BEGIN
WHEN READY. GOOD MORNING, MR
CHAIR AND MEMBERS FIRST AND
FOREMOST, THANK YOU TO THE
COMMITTEE STAFF FOR WORKING ON
THIS BILL WITH MY OFFICE IN THE
SPONSORS. 23 03 IS A BIPARTISAN
EFFORT THAT CONTINUES TO PROTECT
THE CALIFORNIA BRAND. BY
REQUIRING THAT ONLY AGAVE
SPIRITS PRODUCED ENTIRELY FROM
MUGABE'S GROWN WITHIN CALIFORNIA
WITHOUT FLAVORING OR COLORING
ADDITIVES ARE LABELED WITH THE
WORDS CALIFORNIA AGAVE SPIRITS
OR ANY COMBINATION OF THE OF
THOSE WORDS. AS CALIFORNIA
QUICKLY ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS A
PRODUCER OF HIGH QUALITY GAVE
SPIRITS WHO MUST ENSURE THAT
THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF OUR REPUTATION
CAUSE CONSUMER CONFUSION AND
UNFAIR COMPETITION. THIS BILL
HAS NO OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT
FROM MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS IN
THE AGAVE INDUSTRY WITH ME TODAY
TO TESTIFY IS CRAIG REYNOLDS,
THE SPONSOR AND FOUNDING
DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA GAVE
COUNSEL AND STUART STUART WOLF
OF WOLF FARMING. EXCELLENT GO
AHEAD, MR REYNOLDS. THANK YOU,
MR SUBSTITUTING CHAIRMAN AND I
AM CRAIG REYNOLDS AND THE
FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE
CALIFORNIA GARVEY COUNCIL. WE'RE
A GROUP OF AGAVE GROWERS,
DISTILLERS, RETAILERS AND
CONSUMERS WHO HAVE FORMED A
TRADE ASSOCIATION TO SUPPORT
THIS BILL AND OTHER EFFORTS. WE
ARE CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW IS THE
ONLY STATE PRODUCING AGAVE
SPIRITS FROM FRESHLY GROWN
CALIFORNIA AGAVE ANYWHERE IN THE
UNITED STATES, AND WE'RE LIKELY
TO BE THAT FOR SOME TIME TO
COME. THIS BILL, OUR CRAFT
DISTILLERS HAVE DEMONSTRATED
THEIR ABILITY TO PRODUCE HIGH
HIGH QUALITY PREMIUM MUGABE
SPIRITS. AND OUR GROWERS HAVE
FOUND THAT I GAVE IS A, UH,
PROMISING ALTERNATIVE OF A
DROUGHT RESISTANT, LOW WATER
USED CROP. THAT CAN HELP THEM
MEET THE WATER CHALLENGES THAT
THEY FACE WITH GROUNDWATER AND
WATER RESTRICTIONS, SO THESE
FORCES ARE COMING TOGETHER TO
SUPPORT THIS EMERGING INDUSTRY
OR GRATEFUL TO ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
CURRY FOR CARRYING THE BILL. THE
CHAIRMAN FOR CO AUTHORING IT AND
THE COMMITTEE STAFF FOR AN
EXCELLENT ANALYSIS. HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
EXCELLENT THANK YOU. AND I
BELIEVE WE HAVE MR WOLF ON THE
LINE. GO AHEAD, MR WOLF. NOT
THERE. BUT THEN WE'LL SEE IF HE
ARRIVES. OTHERWISE WE WILL MOVE
TO ANYONE, UM, IN THE ROOM IN
SUPPORT OF THIS MEASURE. CNN
WILL GO TO THE, UM TO THE
TELEPHONE LINES TO SEE IF
MODERATOR CAN YOU PROMPT ANYONE
IN SUPPORT OF THIS MEASURE? 23.
OH, THREE. IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT,
PLEASE PRESS LONDON ZERO AT THIS
TIME. IN ONE MOMENT WE HAVE A
COUPLE WITH OPERATORS.
MODERATOR OF FOLKS QUEUING UP.
YES. ONE MOMENT. 9 31, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HELLO GOOD MORNING, AND
THANK YOU. SENATE-ROOM IT EASES
CHRIS STELLAR WITH THE
CALIFORNIA ARTISANAL DISTILLERS
GUILD, AND WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY
SUPPORT THIS BILL AND ASK FOR
YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU. NEXT.
THANK YOU AND MY GO TO LINE 58,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. I JUST WOULD
LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTED
THIS BUILDING. VINCENT UM, I
THINK THAT THE BILL WILL KIND OF
DISCOURAGE COMPANIES FROM MOVING
OUT OF CALIFORNIA AND I AM FULLY
SUPPORT OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE IN Q AT THIS
TIME. OKAY WELL, THE SAME
PROCEDURE FOR WITNESSES. I DON'T
BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY ORGANIZED
OPPOSITION FOR THIS BILL? UM, IS
ANYONE IN THE ROOM? LOOKING
TESTIFYING. OPPOSITION. SEE
NONE. HOW ABOUT ON THE PHONE
LINES? IS THERE ANYONE ON THE
PHONE LINES IN OPPOSITION TO
THIS MEASURE? THANK YOU. AND IF
YOU'RE IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE
PRESS 10. AND AT THIS TIME NO
ONE HAS QUEUED UP. GREAT. COMING
BACK TO THE ROOM. ANYONE, UH,
LOOKING TO COMMENT? THANK YOU,
MR CHAIR. UH JUST A QUESTION
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HAVE YOU FOUND
THAT THERE'S BEEN FOSSIL
FALSIFICATIONS OF PEOPLE USING
THE WORD CALIFORNIA GARVEY
THAT'S CAUSED THIS ISSUE TO COME
FORWARD. WHAT WE WANT TO PROTECT
THE CALIFORNIA BRAND. SO, AS YOU
KNOW, I'VE DONE OTHER
LEGISLATION SIMILAR TO THIS AND
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GIVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO OUR FARMERS TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY WHATEVER
THEY'RE RAISING HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. CAN HAVE THAT
BRANDING AND OUR REPUTATION AS
CALIFORNIA GREAT FARMERS, SO
THAT'S WHERE I CAME FROM IT NOT
LESS. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?
UM, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT THERE.
THERE IS NO ONE VIOLATING THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS BILL. WHICH
IS WHY WE'RE DOING IT BEING
PROACTIVE AND YES, EXACTLY.
TRYING TO HAVE A VISION. GOOD
GOOD. YEAH. AND FOR THAT REASON
I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL
AND MOVE IT WHEN IT'S
APPROPRIATE. EXCELLENT THANK
YOU. WELL IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING
TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AND
EMERGING. OH, HELLO PHONE LINE.
I'M SORRY. WE DO HAVE STUART
WOLF ONLINE. I BELIEVE YOU WERE
LOOKING FOR HIM. SURE, MR WOLF.
WE'RE KIND OF WRAPPING UP. BUT
DO YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING
QUICKLY? YOUR LINE IS OPEN, MR
WOLF. GIVE HIM 10 SECONDS. THE
TWO OF YOUR LINE IS OPEN. OKAY.
WHY DON'T WE MOVE FORWARD? I
THINK WE'VE GOT A GOOD SENSE OF
THIS MEASURE. UM I JUST WANT TO
SAY YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING
TO SUPPORT AN EMERGING INDUSTRY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS
LEGISLATION. UM OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE
WORKING AS A SUBCOMMITTEE NOW.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
OKAY, GREAT. WE WILL DO THAT AT
THE APPROPRIATE TIME. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR
CHAIRMAN. OKAY? ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
RAMOS. DO YOU WANT TO START
AHEAD WITH FILE NUMBER SIX? UM,
A B 9 23.
GO AHEAD WHEN READY. THANK OU.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND SENATORS
. UM EVERY 9 TO 3 WILL ENCOURAGE
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND ITS
AGENCIES TO ENGAGE IN GOVERNMENT
TO GOVERNMENT. CONSULTATION WITH
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN
TRIBES ON STATE ACTIONS THAT MAY
HAVE DIRECT IMPACT ON TRIBES.
ADDITIONALLY THIS BILL REQUIRED
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND ITS
AGENCIES TO BE PROPERLY TRAINED.
IN GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION WITH TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS. THIS TRAINING SHALL
BE DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH
CAL HR AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HAVE SEEN RECENT EXAMPLES OF
THE CONFUSION THAT TOO OFTEN
ARISES AS STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS INTERACT WITH
TRIBES. WE SEE THIS OFF, OFTEN
DURING NATURAL EMERGENCIES SUCH
AS WILDFIRES, EARTHQUAKES AND
MOST RECENTLY DURING THE
PANDEMIC. INFORMATION SHARING
CAN RESULT IN DANGEROUS
SITUATIONS AND LACK OF ACCESS TO
AVAILABLE ASSISTANCE WITH AN
INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION. THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA CAN START TO MOVE
FORWARD TOGETHER WITH THE TRIBES
TO BUILD A MORE PROSPEROUS
FUTURE FOR ALL. WITH ME TODAY IS
CHAIRPERSON OF THE PICAYUNE
RANCHERIA CHANCY INDIANS. JANET
QUÊ, BILL CHAIRPERSON AND ANDREW
GOVERNOR REPRESENTING THE MORON
GO TRIBAL GOVERNMENT. GREAT.
THANK YOU. WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH
YOUR FIRST WITNESS. HILLY, HILLY
, I AM CHAIRPERSON JANET QUÊ.
BILL OF THE PICAYUNE RANCHERIA.
THE CHECK CHANCE THE INDIANS, A
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE
LOCATED IN COARSEGOLD,
CALIFORNIA THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME TODAY AND ALLOWING ME TO
PROVIDE SOME BRIEF REMARKS AND
SUPPORT OF A B 9 TO 3. BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS. AS A
FELLOW ELECTED OFFICIAL
REPRESENTING A SOVEREIGN NATION.
I RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE STATE
AND CALIFORNIA AND NATIVE
AMERICAN TRIBES. FURTHERMORE I
RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO ENSURE
THAT GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATIONS ARE EFFECTIVE. BY
REQUIRING THAT ALL AGENCY
DIRECTORS, CHAIRS, EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS AND CHIEF COUNSEL'S
COMPLETED TRAINING ON GOVERNMENT
TO GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION.
THERE WILL BE BETTER
UNDERSTANDING AND CONSISTENCY ON
THE STATE'S PART WHEN IT COMES
TO ISSUES OF CULTURAL
SENSITIVITIES. SACRED SITES AND
MUCH MORE. IN OUR OWN EXPERIENCE
AT PICAYUNE AND I KNOW OTHER
TRIBES HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS AS
WELL. CONSULTATIONS WITH STATE
AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS CAN
VARY DRASTICALLY. I COULD SPEAK
TWO EXAMPLES BOTH AT THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AND STATE LEVEL. BUT
FOR PURPOSES OF THE BILL, I'LL
KEEP IT TO THE STATE LEVEL.
HOWEVER I DO HOPE THAT LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS WILL SEE THE NEED IN
BENEFITS OF IMPLEMENTING SUCH
TRAINING AS THOSE CALLED OUT BY
A B 9 TO 3. JUST THIS YEAR, PICK
EUN RECEIVED A LETTER RELATED TO
A LOCAL BRIDGE REPLACEMENT THE
FINE GOLD BRIDGE SOON AFTER
RECEIVING A LETTER FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WE
RESPONDED, ASKING TO HAVE A
CONSULTATION ON THE PROJECT.
HOWEVER IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE
PROJECT HAD ALREADY STARTED WHEN
THE ENGINEER FINALLY REACHED OUT
TO THE TRIBE, AND WE WERE TOLD
THEY DID, THEY DID NOT NEED TO
CONSULT THE TRIBE IN THIS
MATTER. IT IS NOT OUR INTENTION
TO BE WATCHING EVERY MOVEMENT A
DEPARTMENT MAKES OR WAS MAKING
AT OR DELAYING THE PROJECT AT
THAT TIME, BUT GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION SHOULD
HAVE OCCURRED. THE PROJECT IS IN
AN AREA WITH SIGNIFICANCE TO THE
TRIBE AND CONSULTATION WAS
WARRANTED IN CLOSING NATIVE
AMERICAN TRIBES IN THE STATE
HAVE BEEN LONGSTANDING PARTNERS
ON POLICY ISSUES, AND A B 9 TO 3
WILL FURTHER ADVANCE THE
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE TWO.
BY IMPROVING THE INTERACTIONS
DURING GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATIONS. FOR THESE
REASONS, WE RESPECTFULLY URGE
YOU TO SUPPORT A B 93. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. WE'VE
GOT TO YOUR SECOND WITNESS IN
THE ROOM. INJURY GOVERNOR ON
BEHALF OF THE MARENGO BAND OF
MISSION INDIANS. THANK YOU.
CHAIR SUBSTITUTING RAMOS. UM
THIS BILL BEGINS TO ESTABLISH
THE PARAMETERS TO DEVELOP A
CURRICULUM SO THAT AGENCY
DIRECTORS AND OTHER KEY
PERSONNEL AND STATE DEPARTMENTS
CAN BE TRAINED ON HOW TO DEAL
WITH GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION. AND AS THE
CHAIRPERSON JUST SAID, WE HAVE
NUMEROUS EXAMPLES WITH THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR
HAVE STATUTORILY APPROVED
PROGRAMS FOR TRIBE. BUT YET WHEN
TRIBES HAVE GONE TO AGENCIES,
IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO ACTUALLY
ENGAGE IN THESE DISCUSSIONS
SOMETIMES BECAUSE THE AGENCIES
ARE NOT SURE HOW TO DEAL WITH
TRIBES FROM ONE EXAMPLE WE DEAL
WITH AN AGENCY WHERE ONE
DEPARTMENT WITHIN AN AGENCY DOES
NOT REQUIRE MORON GO OR TRIBES
TO WAIVE THEIR SOVEREIGN
IMMUNITY. IN ORDER TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF GRANTS, BUT THEN
ANOTHER ARM OF THAT SAME AGENCY
WILL NOT WILL REQUIRE US TO WAVE
OUR SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. AND SO
THERE'S NO CONSISTENCY AND YET
THE AGENCIES UNDERSTAND THAT
THEY CAN WORK WITH TRIBES TO
DEVELOP, UM, PARAMETERS AROUND
GETTING FUNDING THROUGH THE
STATE WITHOUT HAVING TRIBES WAVE
THEIR SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, AND
THIS TRAINING WILL HELP
INDIVIDUALS UNDERSTAND THAT
PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A
BETTER WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH
TRIBES IN THE STATE. THANK YOU.
FOR THESE REASONS WE ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. ANYONE
ELSE IN THE ROOM WAS WE SHOULD
TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING, PILAR.
NOBODY QUINTANA HERE FOR THE
BARONE ABANDON MISSION. INDIANS
HERE IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, PAM
LOPEZ ON BEHALF OF THACI'S SANTA
ROSA RANCHERIA AND THE TOOLEY
RIVER TRIBE IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. DAVID QUINTANA ON BEHALF
THE V A HOUSE UPPER LAKE IN
KOREA TRIBES IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE
PHONE LINES. ARE THERE ANY
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT ON THE
PHONE LINES MODERATOR? THANK
YOU. IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT,
PLEASE PRESS LONDON ZERO AGAIN.
THAT'S ONE OF THEIR APPEARANCE
SUPPORT. AND WE DO HAVE LINE 59.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. MR KEN MEMBERS
CATAMARAN WITH AARON REVIEW
ASSOCIATES REPRESENTING THE
FEDERATED INDIANS OF GREAT
RENTERIA AND SUPPORT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, AND WE HAVE NO
FURTHER PEOPLE QUEUING UP.
EXCELLENT WE WILL NOW GO TO
OPPOSITION. IS THERE ANY FORMAL
OPPOSITION? UM I WAS NOT AWARE
OF ANY. IS ANYONE HERE IN THE
ROOM? I WISH TESTIFYING.
OPPOSITION SEEN NONE ON THE
PHONE LINES. ANYONE IN
OPPOSITION? MODERATE ANYONE WHO
WANTS TO TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION
TO THIS MEASURE. THANK YOU. AND
IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PLEASE PRESS
ONE AND ZERO. AND WE HAVE NO ONE
QUEUING UP AT THIS TIME. OKAY?
BRING BACK TO THE ROOM. ANY
COMMENTS? ACTUALLY THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR, ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S. WOULD
YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE? WHERE
WOULD THIS MEETING TAKE PLACE OF
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT? AH!
WOULD IT BE PERIODIC FROM ONE
END OF THE STATE TO THE OTHER?
HOW IT ALL TAKE PLACE TO BRING
TRIBES TOGETHER GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT. SO SOME OF THESE
ISSUES THAT WE'VE HEARD WON'T
HAPPEN. SO THE GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION IN THAT
MOVES FORWARD, BUT IT'S
INCONSISTENT AND WHAT THIS BILL
IS TALKING ABOUT IS BRINGING
TRAINING TO THOSE THAT WERE THEN
REACH OUT TO THE TRIBES TO TRULY
UNDERSTAND THE COMPONENTS OF THE
CALIFORNIAN PEOPLE. THE
CHAIRWOMAN WAS ELOQUENTLY AND
DISCUSSING HOW THE LACK OF
CONSULTATION MOVING FORWARD A
CERTAIN PROJECTS. UM HAS SLIPPED
THROUGH SOME OF THE AREAS AS FAR
AS WORKING TOGETHER. SO THIS
BILL TALKS ABOUT TRAINING,
MAKING SURE THAT THOSE THAT ARE
IN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UM
HAVE THE TRAINING AND BEING ABLE
TO WORK WITH THE LOCAL TRIBES SO
THAT CONSULTATION IS PUT
CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BOARD.
THERE'S AREAS WHERE CONSULTATION
TAKES PLACE WHEN FIRES MOVED
THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
AND THEN DIFFERENT AGENCIES COME
IN. WHEN UM, UM DIFFERENT GRAVES
PROTECTIONS AND NIAGARA ISSUES
ARE INVOLVED. THERE SHOULD BE
DISCUSSION MOVING FORWARD AND
WHAT THE GENTLEMAN FROM
REPRESENTING THE TRIBAL COUNCIL
OF MORAGO ALLUDED TO THE FIRST
THING THAT COMES OUT IS THE
WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. SO
WE WANT TO GET TO A POINT TO
WHERE THAT UNDERSTANDING THE
EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT MOVES
FORWARD WHEN THERE IS AREAS THAT
ARE DISTURBED THAT IT DOESN'T
AUTOMATICALLY LEAD TO THE FIRST
TOPIC, BEING WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN
IMMUNITY IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH
CULTURAL RESOURCES, OR IN THIS
CASE, BRIDGES THAT WERE BEING
ASSEMBLED ON DIFFERENT AREAS
THAT ARE PRETTY MUCH SACRED TO
PEOPLE AND WHO WOULD TAKE THE
LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THESE
MEETINGS AND TO OVERSEE THAT
PEOPLE DO. UNDERSTAND THE
PURPOSE OF THE MEETING AND GO
FORWARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING GOOD GOVERNMENT. UH
AND RELATIONS WITH THE TRIBES
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT BASIS
SO THAT THE CHAIRWOMAN BILL
MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT MORE TO THAT OF HOW
CONSULTATION HAS, UM, WORKED OUT
WITHIN HER TRIBE AND SOME OTHERS
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. NOT
SURE IF THE CHAIRWOMAN WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT. I CALLED
BYE. THANK YOU. SO MUCH FOR THE
QUESTION, UM, TO
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS IS POINT
IT IS GOING TO BE UP TO THE
SOVEREIGN NATION ITSELF. SO FOR
EXAMPLE, IF I MYSELF AS THE
CHAIRPERSON WERE THERE, WE WOULD
ALSO BE LEADING THAT WITH THE
DEPARTMENT HEAD AGAIN. IT'S ON A
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT BASIS,
NOT NECESSARILY SAYING THAT THE
STATE HAS THE ONLY OBLIGATION TO
LEAD THE CONSULTATION. BUT AGAIN
, CONSULTATION IS WORKING
TOGETHER, SO THAT WOULD BE
SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE UP TO
THE DETERMINATION OF THE TRIBE
AND THAT DEPARTMENT HEAD BUT
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. EXCELLENT. UM. THANK YOU
TO THE CHAIRPERSON. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD. UM OBVIOUSLY WE'RE
OPERATION SUBCOMMITTEE WILL TAKE
A MOTION AT THE APPROPRIATE
TIME. BUT WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE THANK YOU, UH, MR CHAIR
AND SENATORS. FOR THOSE
QUESTIONS. THIS IS ABOUT
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT FROM SOVEREIGN INDIAN
NATIONS FROM THE CHAIR, PEOPLE
THE CHAIRPERSONS TO THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, AND THAT'S WHERE THE
BIGGEST DISCUSSION STARTS TO
TAKE PLACE. THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT'S VITALLY NEEDED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE CONSULTATION AND
THE RESPECT AND HONOR OF
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD. I
HEARD YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU
IMPORTANT MEASURE AND WE WILL
VOTE ON IT AT THE APPROPRIATE
TIME. MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT.
SURE GO AHEAD WOULD LIKE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE ASSEMBLYMAN RAMOS
FOR THE WORK YOU DO FOR THE
TRIBES. YOUR GREAT
REPRESENTATIVE AND I'M ALWAYS
PLEASED TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU
HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND THE
THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO DO FROM
THE FUTURE. AND I APPRECIATE
WHAT? THAT YOU'RE HERE AND I
WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE BILL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SENATOR. WELL
ALONG THOSE LINES WILL MOVE ONTO
YOUR NEXT MEASURE. A B 20 TO GO
AHEAD WHEN READY ON FILE ITEM
SEVEN. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN.
SENATORS UM, MAYBE 2022 WOULD
PROHIBIT USING THE WORD, UM,
SQUAD FOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES
AND PLACE NAMES WITHIN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. NATIVE AMERICAN
WOMEN ARE THE PILLAR OF THE
NATIVE AMERICAN FAMILY, BRINGING
STABILITY AND RESPECT. THIS WORD
IS STILL BEING USED IN WELL OVER
100 GEOGRAPHIC AREAS IN
CALIFORNIA. IS PUTTING A
DISSERVICE TO THE THOUSANDS OF
WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE STATE.
THIS BILL REQUIRES EVERY STATE
EVERY STATE AGENCY LOCAL
GOVERNING BODY OR POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION IN THE STATE TO
IDENTIFY ALL GEOGRAPHIC SITES.
PUBLIC LANDS WATERS STRUCTURES
UNDER HIS JURISDICTION.
CONTAINING THIS RACIAL TERMS. A
B 2022 ESTABLISHES A PROCEDURE
TO ELICIT INPUT AND RENAME
LOCATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED. WHEN SELECTED
REPLACEMENT NAMES, LOCAL
GOVERNMENT STATE AGENCIES AND
THE CALIFORNIA ADVISORY
COMMITTEE SHALL SOLICIT INPUT
FROM TRIBES MAINTAINED ON THE
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN
HERITAGE COMMISSION LIST. WE
HAVE A STRONG SUPPORT COALITION
REPRESENTING MANY ORGANIZATIONS
AND TRIBES WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE
MORNINGSTAR GOLLY AND LIZ
PHYLLIS FROM THE RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
THANK YOU. SHOULD WE? UM, FIRST
WITNESS MORNINGSTAR GOLLY.
JIMMY SUNWAY. GREETINGS WE'RE
FIRST GOING TO HAVE ANGELINA IN
HOST TO A MEMBER OF THE NATIVE
SISTER CIRCLE. PROVIDE HER YOUTH
TESTIMONY. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU. SYNTH AMANO ONE ON
NONE. CANAIMA CASHIER ANGELINA
HINOJOSA. HELLO HOW ARE YOU? MY
FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. MY NAME
IS ANGELINA. YOU KNOW, SO MY
TRIBE IS FINALLY WILL PROMOTE
NATION. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING
ME IN THIS SPACE TODAY. I'M A
YOUTH VOICE AND ADVOCATE FOR HIM
ON MY W AND I'M ALSO IN SUPPORT
OF A B 2022. RACIAL TERMS HAVE
NO PLACE IN OUR VERNACULAR OR
FEDERAL FEDERAL LANDS. OUR
NATION'S LAND AND WATER SHOULD
BE PLACES TO CELEBRATE THE
OUTDOORS AND SHARED CULTURAL
HERITAGE NOT TO PERPETUATE THE
LEGACIES OF OPPRESSION ON OUR
WOMAN. WE ARE TAUGHT TO NOUR
WOMAN AND HOLD THEM HIGH FOR
THEY KNOW MORE KNOWLEDGE AND OUR
NURTURES THEY ARE STRONG AND
HOLD OUR FAMILIES TOGETHER. THE
TERM HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN USED
AS AN OFFENSIVE, ETHNIC, FACIAL
AND SEXIST WERE PARTICULARLY FOR
INDIGENOUS WOMAN. WE DO NOT WANT
TO TEACH OUR YOUTH OR ANYONE
THAT THIS TERM IS OKAY TO BE
PLACED. ON ANY STREET SIGN OR
ESPECIALLY COME FROM SOMEONE'S
VOCABULARY. WE ARE HERE TO
REMOVE THIS WORD BECAUSE THEIR
EDUCATION HAS FAILED TO TEACH
OUR YOUTH THAT IS NOT OKAY TO
SAY AT ALL, WHICH MEANS SOMEONE
HAS TO START TAKING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR TEACHING THE
INCORRECT HISTORY. WE'RE HERE
AND WHEN YOU SEE ME, YOU SEE
YOUR YOUNG GIRLS AND WOMEN
SPEAKING THROUGH ME. I WANT TO
THANK ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS.
FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE IN THIS
SPACE, AND FOR ALL YOU BEING
THOSE EARS AND BIGGER VOICES. I
HOPE I GUIDED YOU AND SEEING
WHAT I SEE IN MY EYES AND WHAT
WE HEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
JIMMY SIGN WAY. MY NAME IS
MORNINGSTAR GALLEY, AND I AM AN
ENROLLED MEMBER OF THE PIT RIVER
TRIBE AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS
PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR RESTORING
JUSTICE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,
ALSO AS THE CALIFORNIA TRIBAL
AND COMMUNITY LIAISON FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL INDIAN TREATY
COUNCIL. WE ARE HONORED TO DISCO
SPONSOR AB 2022 AS INDIGENOUS
JUSTICE ADVOCATES. WE ARE
EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS AND
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GARCIA FOR CO
AUTHORING REMOVAL OF THE S WORD.
THAT'S WHERE THIS IS AN EPITHET
. EXCUSE ME THAT THE S WORD IS
AN EPITHET THAT HAS HISTORIC
TIES TO RACISM AND SEXUALIZATION
OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN. IT IS
A TERM THAT IS DEHUMANIZING,
DEVALUING AND DEROGATORY. IT IS
A RACIAL SLUR THAT IS CULTURALLY
DEMEANING AND DEGRADING TO
NATIVE WOMEN. THERE ARE THOSE
THAT WILL STILL ARGUE THAT THE
SLUR SOMEHOW SHOWING RESPECT TO
US, BUT AS INDIGENOUS WOMEN, WE
ARE RIGHT HERE BEFORE YOU
EXPLAINING THAT THIS WORD IS NOT
RESPECTFUL. IT'S THE SAME
ARGUMENT THAT WE HAVE
ENCOUNTERED WITH THE RACIST AND
DEGRADING MASCOTS. THEY WILL SAY
WE'RE HONORING YOU WITH CARTOON
CHARACTERS. WITH CARTOON
NO LONGER STANDING FOR THAT
INSULT. WE ARE COMMITTED TO
SHIFTING THE NARRATIVE TOWARDS
TRUTH TELLING AND RACIAL JUSTICE
JUST AS CALIFORNIA AS A STATE
WAS FOUNDED ON STATE SPONSORED
GENOCIDE, IT IS TIME TO TAKE
MEASURES TO RECTIFY THE WRONGS
THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED. THIS
IS ONE STEP FORWARD, INHALING
AND JUSTICE FOR CALIFORNIA,
INDIAN PEOPLES AND ALL NATIVE
PEOPLES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. A
B 2022 WILL IDENTIFY A PLACE
WHERE THE WORD IS USED FOR NAMES
IN CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHED A
PROCESS FOR STATE AGENCIES AND
LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES TO
IDENTIFY NEW NAMES. PRIORITIZED
TRIBAL INPUT. AND PROHIBIT THE
USE OF THE WORD IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS FOR
TAKING THIS TIME TO HEAR OUR
WORDS AND WE ARE RESPECTFULLY
ASKING YOU TO VOTE YES. ON A B.
22 22 SET AN EXAMPLE FOR
CALIFORNIA AND THROUGHOUT INDIAN
COUNTRY, CECIL AYE. THANK YOU
BOTH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. WHEN I
GO TO OTHER WITNESSES IN THE
ROOM AND SUPPORT. KILLARNEY BODY
KITANA HERE AGAIN FOR THE
BROADER BAND OF MISSION INDIANS
IN SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING, ELISE
PH DRINK WITH CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS AND SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING, CAROLYN VEAL
HUNTER ON BEHALF OF YOUR TODAY
HE WENT TO NATION AND SHINGLE
SPRINGS BAND OF ME WALK INDIANS
IN SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING, SETH
BRAMBLE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
AND SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING, FRED
WILLIAMS A SAY YOU CAL ACTION ON
BEHALF OF OUR CO SPONSORED
GROUP, INCLUDING A C L U CAL
ACTION, RESTORING JUSTICE FOR
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO SPOKE WITH
A LINE FOR BOYS AND MEN OF COLOR
AND RENAMED AS VALLEY COALITION
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. MY NAME
IS ELIANA MATSUDA FROM THE
MILWAUKEE TRIBE. AND I'M IN
SUPPORT OF 2022. MY NAME IS
ELENA SANCHEZ, A PART OF IT AND
REENTRY. WELL, INVENTORY A TRIBE
AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF A B 2022.
THANK YOU. JIM MASON WAY. MY
NAME IS LISA GALLEY RIVER NATION
ORIGINALLY BANNED ALSO THE
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR FOR
RESTORING JUSTICE FOR INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES IN FULL SUPPORT OF A B
2022. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SYMPTOM ANA LETICIA ANGULAR
PANELLA VILLE POMMEL NATION. I'M
THE FOUNDER OF NATIVE SISTERS
CIRCLE HERE IN SACRAMENTO AND
ALSO WITH THE NATIVE DAD'S
NETWORK AND SUPPORT OF A B 2022.
NO, THANK YOU. WELL, YEAH, WE MY
NAME IS APRIL MCGILL. I AM THE
DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS AND PROJECTS AT THE
CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM FOR URBAN
INDIAN HELL LEADING THE RED
WOMEN RISING WORK, AND I'M IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS GINA SHORT BALL FROM
RESERVES. STEINORTH RESERVATION,
AND I'M IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
ANDREW GOVERNOR ON BEHALF OF THE
MARANGA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS
IN SUPPORT. MORNING CHAIR
MEMBERS, FRANK MOLINA ON BEHALF
OF THE SALMON, WELL BAND
EMISSION INDIANS AND THE SAME
NIGHT AS SPANISH UMESH INDIANS
AND STRONG SPORT. GOOD MORNING
CHAIR AND MEMBERS PAM LOPEZ ON
BEHALF OF TOUCHES. SANTA ROSA
RANCHERIA AND THE TOOLEY RIVER
TRIBE AND SUPPORT DAVID KEENE,
TANNER WITH THE V, A HOUSE,
UPPER LAKE AND KOREA TRIBES AND
SUPPORT QUÊ HILLY, HILLY JANET
CAPABILITY. CHAIRPERSON FOR THE
PICKING RANCHERIA, THE CHUCK
CHANCE THE INDIANS IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. NOW WE MOVE TO THE
PHONE LINES MODERATE OR ANYONE
ELSE ON THE EVERYONE ON THE
PHONE LINES IN SUPPORT OF THIS
MEASURE. YOU AND IF YOU ARE IN
SUPPORT, PLEASE PRESS 10. ONE
MOMENT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
PEOPLE QUEUING UP.
AGAIN. IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT,
PLEASE PRESS THE 10. THE MOMENT.
IN LINE 61, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD MORNING, ELAINE ORTIZ ON
BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS
FOUNDATION AND SUPPORT THANK YOU
SO MUCH. AND 63, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. RAINA TARANGO ON BEHALF
OF WILTON RANCHERIA AND THE
FIRST PARTNER AND WE STAND IN
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. AND ONE MOMENT. LINE. 60,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO TONY
MIRANDA FROM THE BLACKS IN YAQUI
TRIBAL NATIONS AND ON BEHALF OF
YOUTH BOARD ORGANIZATION. I AM
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND WE HAVE TWO MORE ONE MOMENT.
LINE. 62, PLEASE GO AHEAD. YES.
HI THIS IS ROMAN RANGE HERE OF
RENAME ITS RALLY PRESIDENT
COUNTY AND WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF A
B 2022. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. IN ONE MOMENT, I WAS AN
OPERATOR. 9 65, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
I GOT THE TEDDY SIMON FROM THE
VALUE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IN
STRONG SUPPORT. OKAY NOW WE'LL
MOVE TO, UH, OPPOSITION. WE HAVE
ONE MORE SUPPORT IN THE ROOM. GO
AHEAD. ERIN LAHANE ON BEHALF OF
THE HALF A MILLION MEMBERS OF
THE STATE BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL AND
STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS BILL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL
NOW MOVE TO OPPOSITION WITNESSES
DO NOT HAVE ANY LISTED MAIN
OPPOSITION WITNESSES ARE IN THE
OPPOSITION WITNESSES IN THE
ROOM. HAPPENED ON THE PHONE
LINES, MODERATOR ANY OPPOSITION
ON THE PHONE LINES. THANK YOU.
AND IF THERE'S ANY OPPOSITION,
PLEASE PRESS ONE, THEN ZERO. NO.
ONE ON THE FRONT LINES. OKAY
WE'LL TAKE IT BACK TO THE ROOM.
ANY COMMENTS HERE? SENATE?
ARCHULETTA YES. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. UH I'M TOTALLY WITH THIS
BILL. SB 2022. AND AS I SAID
EARLIER, I ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK
THAT YOU'VE DONE INTO THE PROUD
NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN THAT ARE
HERE. CONGRATULATIONS FOR COMING
FORWARD. WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU.
BECAUSE ANY WORD THAT IS
REFLECTIVE OF A NEGATIVE. WE
SHOULDN'T HAVE IT IN OUR
LANGUAGE PERIOD AND IN ITS ABOUT
TIME IT IS ABOUT TIME. BUT FOR
ALL OF US WHO ARE LEARNING THE
CULTURE LEARNING AH, THE THINGS
THAT WE'RE DOING. YOU MENTIONED
EDUCATION. TO EDUCATE US NOW.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WOULD YOU NOW
FOR THE RECORD? TELL US HOW THE
NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED AFTER WE HAVE
ELIMINATED THE S WORD? WHAT
SHOULD BE COMING FROM OUR LIPS
IN THE FUTURE AND FROM OUR
WRITTEN WORD. I THINK IT GOES TO
GENERALLY RESPECT OF PERSONS.
UM, HOW DO HOW DO UM WE RESPECT
WOMEN OF OTHER CULTURES. HOW DO
YOU APPROACH THEM? I THINK
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT. THERE SHOULDN'T BE A
DIVIDE. SO WHEN YOU DO APPROACH
OTHER WOMEN IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IT'S THAT SAME
RESPECT AND HONOR THAT SHOULD BE
BESTOWED UPON THE CALIFORNIA
INDIAN WOMEN AND NATIVE AMERICAN
WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE NATION. UM
THAT'S WHAT THIS BILL IS
STARTING TO ADDRESS WITH THE S
WORD THAT'S BEEN USED. SINCE
COLONIZATION PERIOD THROUGH THE
GOLD RUSH TO THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, BECOMING A STATE
THAT'S STILL THERE WAS A
SECONDARY APPROACH TOWARDS
NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN AND
SOMEHOW HOLDING THEM TO A LESSER
STANDARD. THAN OTHER WOMEN IN
THE STATE. SO WHEN YOU ASK THAT
QUESTION, IT'S NOW REVEALING ALL
WOMEN WITH THE RESPECT AND HONOR
THAT THEY SO DESERVE. SO GIVING
REFERENCE TO A NATIVE AMERICAN
WOMAN AS A NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN
IS RESPECTFUL AND POLITICALLY
CORRECT, AS SAYING THE WOMAN IN
CHARGE THE WOMAN AND LEADERSHIP
AH, BUT IT IS POLITICALLY
CORRECT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT
ALRIGHT, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE
IT CLEAR BECAUSE YOU ARE MAKING
HISTORY HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND
ACROSS THIS NATION BECAUSE
ELIMINATION OF THE S WORD, AND
AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SIGNS IN
OTHER PLACES, NOT JUST IN
CALIFORNIA THAT WILL CALL OUT A
LOCATION AND AREA WITH THE S
WORD AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT
CLEAR THAT AS WE GO FORWARD,
WE'RE MAKING HISTORY HERE TO
HONOR THE NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN
WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TO OUR
COUNTRY. UH WHO ARE IN THE
MILITARY WHO SERVICE IN
LEADERSHIP ACROSS THIS NATION,
AND WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
HONOR THAT THAT'S WHY I BRING IT
UP FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU,
SENATOR. AND FOR THAT QUESTION
AND THROUGH THE CHAIR IF I CAN
LET'S LET THE NATIVE AMERICAN
WOEN ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR
THEMSELVES, AND WE COULD HAVE
SOMEONE COME FORWARD TO THE MIC
TO, UH, ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR
THE SENATOR. GO. YEAH.
UM HI. HELLO UM, BEING A YOUNG
NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN. I THINK
I'D RATHER BE A JUSTICE. UM
OTHER THAN WORDS AS YOUNG JOSE.
UM RESILIENT, STRONG, POWERFUL
BUT ALSO AS A YOUNG NATIVE
AMERICAN WOMAN, YOUNG INDIGENOUS
WOMAN, BECAUSE THOSE ARE MY
TERMS IS HOW I SPEAK IN HOW I
REPRESENT MYSELF. YOU KNOW, YOU
COULD SEE IT THROUGH ME. I LOVE
TO WEAR MY JEWELRY. I LOVE TO BE
WHO I AM. I LOVE TO SPEAK MY
TRUTH AND SO YOUNG, INDIGENOUS
WOMAN, YOUNG NATIVE AMERICAN
WOMAN IS HOW I RATHER BE
REPRESENT. IN A RACIAL SLUR THAT
HAS BEEN IMPRESSED IN OUR WOMEN
FOR SO LONG. UM LIKE I SAID, THE
SAME TERMS. THEY'RE JUST THEY
SHOW WHO I AM AND HOW WHO WE ARE
AS WOMEN AND WHO WE ARE AS
PEOPLE NURTURING CAREFUL. AND
WE'RE MOTHERS AND WE'RE
DAUGHTERS AND WE'RE SISTERS.
THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, SENATOR CHILLIDA
FOR THAT QUESTION AS A
CALIFORNIA INDIAN WOMEN EVERY
DAY IS A FIGHT AGAINST
INVISIBILITY. EVERY DAY IS A
FIGHT AGAINST A RATIO OF WHO WE
ARE AS CALIFORNIA NATIVE
PEOPLES. AND WE GIVE SO MUCH
THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS FOR THE
WORK THAT HE HAS DONE ACROSS
INDIAN COUNTRY FOR THE WORK
ACROSS CALIFORNIA, INDIAN
COUNTRY IN BRINGING ATTENTION IN
LIGHT TO EDUCATING ALL OF US ON
THESE ISSUES AND SO ADDRESSING
US BY OUR NAMES ADDRESSING US BY
WHO WE ARE, AS NATIVE PEOPLES IS
THE APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW,
RESPONSE IN TERMS OF THAT
RESPECT SHOWN, SO THANK YOU FOR
THAT QUESTION. AND ONCE AGAIN
THANK YOU ALL CONGRATULATIONS TO
OUR NATIVE NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN
, AND I HOPE I HOPE GOD WILLING
THAT YES, WORD IS COMPLETELY
ELIMINATED FROM MY MIND'S ANY
WRITTEN LANGUAGE. ANYWHERE
PERIOD TO HONOR YOU FOR THE WORK
YOU'VE DONE AND DOING TO BE PART
OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY BECAUSE IT
WAS YOURS. AS YOU KNOW, SO
WELCOME HOME. WELCOME HOME.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
THANK YOU, SENATOR. THANK YOU,
SENATOR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
WELL WITH THAT OUT CLOSE. I ALSO
FOUND THE TESTIMONY INCREDIBLY
POWERFUL, VERY EXCITED TO
SUPPORT THIS MEASURE. AND WE'LL
, OF COURSE ASKED FOR EMOTION
AND A VOTE OF APPROPRIATE TIME.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? THANK
YOU, SENATOR. AND THANK YOU FOR
THE QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU.
REALLY IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO
BE ABLE TO BE THE VOICE OF THE
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN
AND NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN. UM,
IN THE UNITED STATES, I ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO
HIGHLIGHT. UM 39 ASSEMBLYMAN
BLOOM SO MEMORABLE. UM IN THE
ROOM, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND
PRESENT A B 2931. AS SOON AS
YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU. MEMBERS
29 31 MAKES IMPORTANT CHANGES TO
THE ELDER CALIFORNIA PIPELINE
SAFETY ACT OF 1981 TO HELP
ENSURE THAT ALL INTERSTATE
PIPELINES ARE REGULARLY
INSPECTED AND SAFELY OPERATED.
EXCUSE ME. CURRENTLY THE ACT
EXCLUDES CRUDE OIL PIPELINES
THAT OPERATE BY GRAVITY OR
STRESS LEVEL OF 20% OR LESS OF
THE SPECIFIED MINIMUM YIELD
STRENGTH OF THE PIPE. IN OTHER
WORDS, PARTIAL PRESSURE BUT
PARTIAL PRESSURE PIPELINES.
STILL ARE ABLE TO LEAK SO JUST
AS A FULL PRESSURE PIPE CAN SO A
B 1929 31 WILL CLOSE THAT
LOOPHOLE BY REQUIRING INSPECTION
FOR ALL INTERSTATE PIPELINES.
REGARDLESS OF IF THEY ARE
OPERATING AT FULL OR PARTIAL
PRESSURE. THE BILL ALSO
CLARIFIES THAT PIPELINE
OPERATORS MUST KEEP RECORDS AND
THE USABLE AND READABLE FORM AND
PROVIDE THOSE RECORDS FOR
INSPECTION UPON REQUEST BY THE
STATE FIRE MARSHAL. THESE
CHANGES WILL ALLOW STATE
REGULARS TO SAFEGUARD SAFEGUARD
PIPELINE OPERATIONS AND PROTECT
THE STATE COMMUNITIES, THE
ENVIRONMENT AND ULTIMATELY, THE
INTEGRITY OF THE INDUSTRY
ITSELF. IN THE WAKE OF LAST
YEAR'S ORANGE COUNTY SPILL. THIS
BILL IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT
TO HELP ENSURE THAT ALL STATE
REGULATED PIPELINES ARE
REGULARLY INSPECTED AND
MAINTAINED SO THAT DAMAGE TO A
PIPELINE DOES NOT LEAD TO YET
ANOTHER CATASTROPHIC OUTCOME.
I'M PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY
ELISE FAN DRIK WITH CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS AND LINDA
CROP WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL
DEFENSE CENTER. WHO WILL BE
TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF THE
EXCELLENT AT LEAST WHY DON'T YOU
GO AHEAD? THANK YOU MEMBERS.
ELISE PHÊN DRINK WITH CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS. CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS IS PLEASED
TO SUPPORT A B 29 31, WHICH IS A
COMMON SENSE MEASURE TO ENSURE
THAT ALL INTEREST STATE
PIPELINES ARE REGULARLY
INSPECTED AND MAINTAINED WHILE
OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION CONTINUES
IN THE STATE. THE STATE FIRE
MARSHAL REGULATES THE SAFETY OF
APPROXIMATELY 5500 MILES OF
INTERSTATE HAZARDOUS LIQUID
TRANSPORTATION PIPELINES AND
ACCESS THE AGENTS OF THE FEDERAL
OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY
CONCERNING THE INSPECTION OF
MORE THAN 2000 MILES OF
INTERSTATE PIPELINES. IT DOES
NOT MAKE SENSE TO INCLUDE
EXCLUDE ANY PIPELINE THAT IS
TRANSPORTING A HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCE IN OUR STATE FROM
REGULAR INSPECTIONS AND TESTING
, AS ALL OF THEM POSE A RISK TO
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY IF THEY ARE
NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED. OUR
STATE'S HISTORY OF OIL SPILLS
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES IN
DEMONSTRATING THIS POINT FROM
THE SANTA BARBARA SPILL IN 1969
TO LAST YER'S ORANGE COUNTY
SPILL, EACH ONE HAS HAD
CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS ON OUR
NATURAL RESOURCES. WILDLIFE AND
ENVIRONMENT. THESE EVENTS
CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THERE IS NO
FAIL SAFE WAY TO EXTRACT AND
TRANSPORT OIL BUT REGULAR
INSPECTIONS AND PROPER
MAINTENANCE OF THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE ARE ESSENTIAL TO
MINIMIZING THE RISK OF FUTURE
SPILLS. THESE ANNUAL INSPECTIONS
ARE NOT EXCESSIVELY ONEROUS,
THEREFORE REQUIRING ALL
INTERSTATE PIPELINES TO BE
REGULATED REGARDLESS OF
OPERATING PRESSURE IS SENSIBLE
FROM BOTH AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND
INDUSTRY INDUSTRY STANDPOINT.
AND IT'S CRITICAL FOR ALL
PARTIES TO AVOID DAMAGE AND
LOSSES FROM OIL SPILLS FOR THESE
REASONS. CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS STRONGLY
SUPPORTS A B 2030 29 31
RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS HER. I
VOTE ON THIS IMPORTANT MEASURE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO WITH
THEM. LINDA CROP. IS SHE ON THE
COASTLINE? MARIA. ONE MOMENT.
AND I'M SORRY. YOU SAID IT WAS
LINDA THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.
YES, LINDA CROP ON THE
COASTLINE. THANK YOU. I DON'T
SEE HER NAME. BUT IF SHE ISN'T
SHE COMPRESSED 10. OKAY WE'LL
HAVE HER PRESS 10. OTHERWISE
WE'LL MOVE TO OTHER WITNESSES,
UH, IN THE ROOM IN SUPPORT. UM
NOT SEEING ANY ANY OF WE FOUND
LINDA OR ANY OTHER WITNESSES ON
THE TELECONFERENCE LINE IN
SUPPORT. WE DO HAVE A PERSON
WITH THE OPERATED ONE MOMENT,
PLEASE. SPIRIT.
9 42, PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI GOOD
MORNING CHAIR DOT AND COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. I'M LINDA CROP, CHIEF
COUNSEL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
DEFENSE CENTER, A PUBLIC
INTEREST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FIRM
HEADQUARTERS IN SANTA BARBARA
AND SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF
THE SOUTH CENTRAL COAST. OUR
ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED IN THE
AFTERMATH OF THE 1969 SANTA
BARBARA OIL SPILL. ON BEHALF OF
OUR MEMBERS AND CLIENT
ORGANIZATIONS. I URGE YOUR
SUPPORT FOR A B 9 31. IT'S
STILL WILL AUTHORIZE THE STATE
FIRE MARSHAL TO REGULATE AND
INSPECT ALL INTEREST STATE
PIPELINES, NOT JUST THOSE
OPERATED AT A HIGHER PRESSURE.
AFTER THE 2015 PLAINS ALL
AMERICAN PIPELINE SPILL, NBC AND
OUR PARTNERS WORK WITH THE
LEGISLATURE TO PASS NEW LAWS
RELATED TO PIPELINE SAFETY,
INCLUDING SP 2 95, WHICH
STRENGTHENED INTERESTING
PIPELINE INSPECTION REQUIREMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY WE LEARNED LATER
THAT EXISTING LAW PROVIDES A
LOOPHOLE FOR PIPELINES THAT
OPERATE AT A STRESS LEVEL OF 20%
OR LESS OF THE SPECIFIED MINIMUM
YIELD STRENGTH OF THE PIPE. BUT
PIPELINES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO
CALIFORNIA'S HIGHER STANDARDS
FOR OPERATION AND SAFETY. MAYBE
29 31 WILL CLOSE THIS LOOPHOLE
AND ENSURE THAT ALL OIL
PIPELINES ARE SUBJECT TO THE
SAME IMPORTANCE SAFETY
REQUIREMENT. THIS BILL WILL
PROVIDE A PROACTIVE PREVENTATIVE
APPROACH TO PREVENTING OIL
SPILLS. THE 2015 PIPELINE SPILL
IN SAN BARBARA COUNTY EXTENDED
150 MILES ALONG THE CALIFORNIA
COAST AND RESULTED IN THE DEATH
AND INJURY OF HUNDREDS OF MARINE
MAMMALS, SEABIRDS AND OTHER
WILDLIFE. THE CLOSURE OF STATE
PARKS AND COUNTY BEACHES, THE
SHUTTING DOWN OF 138 SQUARE
MILES OF FISHING GROUNDS AND
INTERFERENCE WITH MANY
BUSINESSES. THE REASON IS STILL
ON FOR HUNTINGTON'S BEACH
RESULTED IN SIMILAR HARM. OIL
SPILLS CAN ALSO CAUSE SEVERE AND
PERMANENT HARM TO HUMAN HEALTH,
INCLUDING RESPIRATORY AND LIVER
DAMAGE, DECREASED IMMUNITY,
INCREASED CANCER RISK AND
REPRODUCTIVE DAMAGE. MAYBE 29 31
IS ESSENTIAL TO PREVENT FUTURE
OIL SPILLS WITH YOUR SUPPORT
THIS BILL PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH
AND SAFETY AS WELL AS THE
ENVIRONMENT AND OUR STATE'S
ECONOMY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. ARE
THERE ANY OTHER WITNESSES ON THE
TELECONFERENCE LINE? AGAIN IF
YOU ARE, UM ONLINE FOR SUPPORT,
PLEASE PRESS ONE THAN ZERO. AND
I WANT TO SCREWING UP AT THIS
TIME. EXCELLENT ANY OPPOSITION
WITNESSES IN THE ROOM? GO AHEAD
WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR AND MEMBERS PAUL DEAR OH,
REPRESENTING THE WESTERN STATES
PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION. WE HAVE A
RATHER ODD POSITION OF OPPOSING
LESS AMENDED. WE DON'T OPPOSE
THE SUBSTANCE. INSPECTION SHOULD
OCCUR, BUT WE HAVE CONCERNS WITH
IS THE TREATMENT OF THE VERY
CONFIDENTIAL SENSITIVE
INFORMATION RELATED TO PIPELINES
. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY AND FEDERAL LAW HAVE
DECLARED THEM CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WE JUST WANT
TO MAKE SURE IF THE PUBLIC DOES
APPEAR A REQUEST WITH THE OFFICE
OF STATE FARM MARSHALL THAT THAT
INFORMATION IS A LEVEL OF
PROTECTION. UM AND THAT WOULD
THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE QUITE
SIMPLE WOULD WOULD ALLOW OR
WOULD REQUIRE THE OFFICE STATE
FIRE MARSHAL TO CONTACT
OPERATORS OF THESE PIPELINES. TO
ASK THEM MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
THEM. WHETHER TO MAKE THIS
INFORMATION PUBLIC COMPLETE
DISCRETION TO THE OFFICE OF
STATE FIRE MARSHAL. THAT WAS THE
REASONS WE HAVEN'T OPPOSED
UNLESS AMENDED POSITION. WE ARE
WORKING WITH THE AUTHOR. THANK
YOU. I SEE NO OTHER WITNESSES IN
THE ROOM. ARE THERE ANY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION ON THE
TELECONFERENCE LINE? THANK YOU.
AND IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PLEASE
PRESS 10. AND WE HAVE NO ONE IN
Q AT THIS TIME, OKAY? WE'LL TAKE
IT BACK TO THE ROOM. ANY
COMMENTS? FROM SENATORS ON. THIS
MEASURE A B 29312931. I'LL ASK
THE QUESTION THAT WAS JUST
RAISED BY OPPOSITION. WHAT DO
YOU HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THE
SOCIAL PRIVACY AND THE CONCERN
ABOUT HAVING INFORMATION
POTENTIALLY BE PUBLICLY?
AVAILABLE WE'RE CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH THE OPPOSITION ON THAT
ISSUE ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE,
UM, AS THE OPPOSITION SPEAKER
SAID FOR HIM, IT'S A VERY ODD
POSITION TO BE IN TO BE WORKING
WITH ME AS AN AUTHOR AND VICE
VERSA, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING
VERY WELL AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL
RESOLVE THE ISSUE. OKAY THAT
SOUND REASONABLE, UM, CONCERN TO
RESOLVE. I ALSO KNOW THIS IS
QUITE SIMILAR TO SB 10 30 BY
SENATOR LIMÓN. H CHILD SO
PASSED THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE.
SO UM, UM I WILL BE SUPPORTING
THIS AND HOPE THIS WILL PASS
THROUGH AS WELL. UM, APPRECIATE
YOUR CONTINUED WORK ON THAT. ONE
ISSUE AND WITH THAT, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE? I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU.
OKAY GOOD. WE WILL TAKE A MOTION
AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION WILL
NOW MOVE ON TO FILE ITEM.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SOME
OF THEM WERE COOLEY. FILE ITEMS
29 30. SO IF YOU WANT TO START
WHEN YOU'RE READY ON A B 22 OH,
NINE FILE ITEM 29. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH
YOU IN THIS ROOM. UM THESE ARE
TWO TECHNICAL BILLS REALLY
PROVIDING. RESOURCE TO THE
LEGISLATURE RELATED THE ANNEX
PROJECT. A B 22 OH, NINE, SIMPLY
CLARIFIES CURRENT LAW PROVIDING
THAT IN THE LIST OF NUMEROUS
EXAMPLES SET OUT IN THE
GOVERNMENT CODE 91 12.
CONSISTENT OF THE AUTHORITY TO
PURSUE THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE
CAPITOL BUILDING, AND THEN THE
OTHER INSULAR IMPROVEMENTS ANY
RELATED OR NECESSARY
CONSTRUCTION WORK IS ALSO
AUTHORIZED. IT'S REALLY A BILL
JUST TO GIVE US A TOOL IN EVENT
WE DETERMINE WE NEED THIS YEAR
PROCEEDS. IT IS SET APART. THIS
BILL DEALS WITH THE BASIC
AUTHORIZING STATUTE FOR THE
PROJECT. UM AND.
NONCONTROVERSIAL I JUST SEEKING
TO MOVE IT ALONG AND WE'LL PARK
IT ON THE FLOOR. OKAY WELL, I
APPRECIATE THAT, UM, YOU DO HAVE
A COUPLE WITNESSES. IF IT'S NON
CONTROVERSIAL, THEY CAN POSSIBLY
MOVE MOVE OUT QUICKLY, BUT LET'S
GO AHEAD WITH A DICK COWEN AND
KATE RILEY ON THE CO HOST. OH
SORRY. THAT'S IN THAT POSITION.
I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S QUITE RIGHT.
ANY WITNESSES IN SUPPORT HERE IN
THE ROOM? SEEN UNDER ANY
WITNESSES ON THE CO HOST LINE OR
ANYONE IN SUPPORT. ON THE CO
HOST LINE. IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT,
PLEASE PRESS ONE THAN ZERO. IN
THE ONE QUEUING UP AT THIS TIME,
OKAY, SO WE WANT TO MOVE ON TO
THE WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION TO
KEVIN AND KATE RILEY ON THE
COASTLINE. GO AHEAD. MATTER OF
JUICY TO COWEN OR KATE RILEY ON
THE COASTLINE. ONE MOMENT. I DO
NOT AGAIN IF THEY ARE ONLINE AND
THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND PRESS 10.
OKAY I'M TOLD NOW IT IS LARRY
STETSON, LARRY STETSON. HER LINE
IS OPEN. OKAY, GO AHEAD AND
BRING. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN,
LARRY STETSON WITH PUBLIC
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OUR CAPITAL.
THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS
TRYING TO PRESERVE TREES. AND
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
THE STATE CAPITOL ANNEX. UM AS
YOU KNOW, UM WE WERE FORMED TO
WORK, UM AND TRY TO GET CHANGES
TO THE CAPITAL ANTICS, KNOWING
THAT MAJOR CHANGES NEED TO BE
DONE. BUT WE FEEL THAT THIS BILL
IS UNNECESSARY. AND UM, WE
REQUEST A NO VOTE. THERE'S VERY
LITTLE SUBSTANCE IN THEM NOW,
AND WE BELIEVE THEY MAY BE
INTENDED AS VEHICLES. FOR LATE
SESSION AMENDMENTS TO REACT
OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC VIEWS TO
COURT DECISIONS AND APPEALS THAT
ARE CURRENTLY PENDING RELATED TO
THE CAPITAL.ANTIC. UM ALSO, THE
DECONSTRUCTION IS ALREADY
STARTED. SO IT'S VERY CURIOUS
THAT AMENDMENTS LIKE THIS HAVE
TO BE PUT AND TO A SPOT BILL.
FINALLY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
SECRECY ABOUT THE DECISION
MAKING FOR DEMOLISHING THE
ANNEX. AND THE PROJECT HAS
BALLOONED FROM SEVEN OR $775
MILLION. AH AND I BELIEVE IT'S
2018 TO OVER 1.6. AH WITH
MINIMAL PUBLIC OVERSIGHT ON
THOSE FISCAL COST. SO WITH THAT
, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED NO
VOTE ON BOTH 22 OH, NINE AND 25
19. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TESTIMONY ANY OTHER
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION ON THE
TELECONFERENCE LINE? IF YOU'RE
IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE PRESS 10.
AND NO ONE IS QUEUING UP AT THIS
TIME. TAKE IT BACK TO THE ROOM,
AND HE COMMENTS ON A V 22 OH,
NINE FROM THE SENATORS. I DO.
THANK YOU. I'M JUST CURIOUS.
THIS IS APPEARS LIKE A SPOT
BILL, LIKE, PERHAPS THEY'RE
GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES LATER.
IS THAT A CORRECT ASSESSMENT?
AH! IT IS AIT'S NOT REALLYA
SPOT BILL FOR THAT PURPOSE. IT'S
A VEHICLE IN CASE WE DO NEED
CHANGES LATER. UM WE HAVE THREE
BASIC STATUTES THAT ARE RELEVANT
TO THE PROJECT. ONE IS THE BASIC
AUTHORITY STATUTE. 91 12.
THERE'S A PROVISION AUTHORIZING
THE USE OF BONDS. THE ILLUSION
THAT, UM MARIE STETSON JUST
MENTIONED. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
HE'S A LONG TIME CAPITOL
EMPLOYEE. I'VE KNOWN RE MANY,
MANY YEARS. UH, AH, THE BOND
PROVISION WOULD HAD HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE
PROJECT. SO THE 1.6 MILLION SHE
ALLUDES TO IS THE INTEREST COST
, SO THE BONDS HAVE TO BE DEALT
WITH SEPARATELY AS THIS
FREESTANDING TOPIC. WE ALSO HAVE
A BILL SIT ON THE SENATE FLOOR
THAT RELATES TO THE HISTORIC
WEST WING BECAUSE IT HAS A
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION NEEDS
TO BE DEALT WITH SEPARATELY. SO,
UH, THESE ARE THREE BILLS. I'VE
RUN BILLS EACH SESSION TO HAVE
THEM AVAILABLE LATENT SESSION.
IF WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING,
THEY'VE GENERALLY SAT ON THE
FLOOR. SO IN THAT SENSE, IT'S A
SPOT BILL. IT WASN'T LED SHAPE
COUNCIL DRAFTED THREE BILLS THAT
WAS SUPPORT THE PROJECT IF
NEEDED, AND WE MOVED THEM ALONG,
AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON HERE,
SENATOR OKAY, AND THAT'S KIND OF
WHAT I SUSPECTED. I JUST WANTED
TO MAKE SURE THANK YOU. YEAH
DEFINITELY IT WAS PROVIDED TO US
BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. IT'S NOT
LIKE I OR ANYONE ON MY TEAM
THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A SPECIAL
REASON WE NEEDED CERTAIN
BURBAGE. IT'S PROVIDED ALICIA
COUNSELORS A VEHICLE. OKAY UM,
WELL, SEEING THAT, UM YOU KNOW
THE COMMENTS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? I JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION. AND I DO THINK
ALL THE PARTIES TO THIS THAT
HAVE FALLEN CLOSELY AND I
ACKNOWLEDGE, AS I SAY. MARY
STETSON, LONGTIME CAPITAL.
EMPLOYEE SOMEONE'S FALLING
INSTITUTION VERY CLOSELY WITH
WHOM I HAVE A HIGH REGARD. THANK
YOU REQUESTED I VOTE. GREAT
THANK YOU ALL WHO ARE WORKING
DILIGENTLY ON MAKING THIS ALL
POSSIBLE FOR US FOR THE FUTURE?
SO THANK YOU. NOW THAT WILL TAKE
A VOTE ON 22. OH, NINE. WE HAD
2519 AS WELL. SORT OF ROLLING
TOGETHER, SO YEAH, UH, T. LET
ME GET MY 2519 SIMILAR, SAME
SORT OF DEAL. IT'S A BUILD. THIS
ONE RELATES TO THE BONDING
AUTHORITY. ABUNDANT AUTHORITY,
GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS WE
HAVE AVAILABLE IS VERY
EXPERIENCED, IT WOULD COST TO
TAXPAYERS. 400 MILLION, SAY AN
EXTRA FUNDS. AH, SO. ANYWAY THIS
IS A SPOT BILL RATED THE BONDING
AUTHORITY, WHICH MAY INDEED GO
AWAY. UM I THINK WE SHOULD
PROBABLY STILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE
ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT
OF 2519. I'VE SEEN THAT IN THE
ROOM AS ANYONE ON THE CONFERENCE
LINE IN SUPPORT OF 2519. IN
PLEASE PRESS 10 SUPPORT. AND NO
ONE HAS QUEUED UP. OKAY UM IN
OPPOSITION THAN SEEN NO ONE IN
THE ROOM, MISS STETSON YOU YOU
SORT OF ADDRESSED TO 519
PREVIOUSLY. BUT IF THERE'S
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SAY IN OPPOSITION SPECIFICALLY
TO 2519. PLEASE GO AHEAD. MA'AM,
YOUR LINE IS OPEN. DURING YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIRMAN LARRY STETSON AGAIN.
I'M I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY
SOMETHING THAT ASSEMBLYMAN WHO
HE SAID, AND YES, WE HAVE KNOWN
EACH OTHER FOR MANY YEARS. UH,
HE ALSO IS RIGHT THAT THE COST
OF THE PROJECT HAVE COME DOWN
BECAUSE THIS SESSION THIS BUDGET
CYCLE. REMOVED LEAST REVENUE
BONDS. FROM FUNDING THE ANNEX,
AND NOW IT'S BEING FUNDED AGAIN
BY GENERAL FUNDS. BE PAID. BACK
OVER FOUR YEARS, SO THAT BROUGHT
THE COST DOWN. I JUST WANTED TO
CLARIFY THAT UM SO AGAIN, WE
DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR 25 19 TO
GO OUT IF THERE ARE NO LEAST
REVENUE BONDS GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
FOR THAT, UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS
FROM THE ROOM ON ON THAT? NO UM
, I'LL LET YOU, UH, SOMEONE
RECALLING YOU WANT TO ADDRESS
THAT IN YOUR CLOTHES? UM. I
THINK THE BILL IS JUST THERE. IF
WE, WE MAY INDEED DECIDE TO JUST
EXERCISE SOME LANGUAGE, WRITING
TO THE BONDS AND THE STATUTE.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S I REQUEST THE
BILL MOVE FORWARD. AH THE WHOLE
PROJECT HAS PROCEEDED FOR 6.5
YEARS ON ADVICE OF COUNSEL. THIS
BILL IS A PART OF THAT. AND AT
EVERY STAGE. TRYING TO MAKE SURE
WE JUST ARE DOING EVERYTHING
DECENTLY IN ORDER. AND WE'VE
THOUGHT THROUGH OUR AMENDMENTS
AND ADDRESS THEM. SO I REQUEST
THE BILL. MOVE FORWARD. GREAT
WELL, THANK YOU AND AGAIN,
APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR WORK TO
MOVE THIS FORWARD FOR THE
FUTURE. SO WE WILL ADDRESS IT AT
THE APPROPRIATE TIME AND TAKE
MOTION APPROPRIATE TIME. THANK
YOU. WE WILL NOW ASK FOR
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MAIENSCHEIN TO
COME UP AND PRESENT. A B 16 48.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. GO
AHEAD. WHEN READY. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS
IN RECENT YEARS, CALIFORNIA HAS
EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC
WILDFIRES OF HISTORIC
PROPORTION. DEVASTATING BOTH
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
BECAUSE OF THIS, MANY ANIMALS
WERE LEFT BEHIND IN THE RUSH TO
EVACUATE THESE DISASTERS
TRAGICALLY HIGHLIGHT THE SERIOUS
NEED FOR PREPARING AND EXECUTING
EVACUATION PLANS FOR ANIMALS.
SOME COUNTIES REQUIRE ANIMAL
OWNERS WHO OWN OVER A SPECIFIED
NUMBER OF DOGS OR CATS TO OBTAIN
A KENNEL PERMIT. A B 16 48 WOULD
ENSURE THESE COUNTIES REQUIRE
THE PERMIT OWNER TO CREATE AND
SUBMIT AN ANIMAL NATURAL
DISASTER EVACUATION PLAN. THE
BILL WOULD HELP SAVE THE LIVES
OF MANY ANIMALS DURING WILD
FIRES AND OTHER NATURAL
DISASTERS WHILE ALSO SAVING
RESPONDERS, TIME AND RESOURCES.
THANK YOU AND I RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST AND I VOTE. THANK YOU.
AND YOU DO HAVE A WITNESSES, MR.
CONTAINER THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR MEMBERS. MY
NAME IS DAVID QUINTANA ON BEHALF
OF SOCIAL COMPASSION AND
LEGISLATION THE SPONSOR OF A B
16 48. I'M GOING TO BE READING
THE TESTIMONY PREPARED BY JUDAH
MANCUSO, WHO UNFORTUNATELY IS
VERY SICK AND UNABLE TO TESTIFY
TODAY. SO THIS IS JUDY STORY.
WHEN I MOVED A LITTLE GONNA
BEACH DECADES AGO, I HAD MORE
COMPANION ANIMALS IN THE LOCAL
LIMIT ALLOWED WITH THAT NUMBER
OF ANIMALS. LAGUNA BEACH
REQUIRED ME TO GET A KENNEL
PERMIT. THIS STATEMENT
STIPULATED THAT I PAY A PERMIT
FEE ALLOWED THEM TO EXPECT MY
PROPERTY AND I HAVE AN
EVACUATION PLAN. AND AT FIRST I
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT AN EVACUATION
PLAN REALLY MEANT IN MY
CIRCUMSTANCE, AND I GOT NERVOUS.
BUT IN TALKING TO THE ANIMAL
CONTROL OFFICERS AT THE CITY WHO
ISSUED THE PERMIT, I UNDERSTOOD
THAT I JUST NEEDED TO SHOW WHAT
IT WOULD TAKE TO GET MY ANIMALS
OUT SAFELY AND QUICKLY AND IN
CASE OF A NATURAL DISASTER. ALL
THIS MEANT WAS HAVING THE PROPER
NUMBER OF CARRIERS AND A VEHICLE
LARGE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO
TRANSPORT THEM IN. THAT'S IT.
UPON MY NEXT INSPECTION, I
SHOWED THAT I HAD PUT IT ON THE
PLACE AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
UNFORTUNATELY SINCE THEN, I HAVE
INDEED HAD TO PUT THOSE
EVACUATION PLANS INTO ACTION
WHEN FIRE STRUCK A CANYON AND
ADJACENT TO ME, I AND MY ANIMALS
ARE BEYOND GRATEFUL THAT THEY
RIGHTED ME FOR SUCH AN EVENT.
THIS REQUIREMENT HAS SERVED MY
COMMUNITY AND LAGUNA BEACH VERY
WELL FOR DECADES. NOW THAT OUR
STATE HAS A YEAR ROUND FIRE
SEASON, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL
JURISDICTIONS REQUIRING
EVACUATION PLAN AS A CONDITION
FOR A KENNEL PERMIT. THE SLIDE
HELPS FACILITATE SMOOTH
EVACUATIONS, WHICH WILL SAVE THE
LIVES OF FAMILIES, THEIR ANIMALS
AND OUR MOST IMPORTANT FIRST
RESPONDERS. AND WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, ANY
WITNESSES ON THE CO HOST LINE?
I'M MODERATOR, CAN YOU PLEASE
CHECK? THANK YOU. BUT THERE ARE
MANY OTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT
IN THE ROOM. OKAY GREAT. I THINK
SO. YEAH. GO AHEAD ON THE
CONFERENCE LINE. THANK YOU. AND
OFTEN IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. PLEASE. I'M
SORRY, PLEASE PRESS ONE AND
ZERO. AND NO ONE HAS ONE WAS AN
OPERATOR. ONE MOMENT.
AGAIN IF YOU ARE IN SUPPORT,
PLEASE PRESS 10. THANK YOU, AND
WE WILL GO TO LINES. 30, PLEASE
GO AHEAD. THIS IS JENNIFER HAGUE
WITH THE ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE
FUND IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. AND
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE QUEUING UP
AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU
WILL GO TO ANY OPPOSITION
WITNESSES IN THE ROOM. SEEING
NONE. ARE THERE ANY OPPOSITION
WITNESSES ON THE TELECONFERENCE
LINE? MODERATING ONE OF THE
CONFERENCE LINE. IF YOU'RE
OPPOSED, PLEASE PRESS ONE AND
ZERO. AND NO ONE HAS QUEUED UP
AT THIS TIME. OKAY TAKE IT BACK
TO THE ROOM, AND HE COMMENTS
FROM SENATORS. QUESTIONS SEE?
NONE. UM WELL, I WOULD JUST SAY.
ON BEHALF OF MY DOG, PERCY
MYSELF FOR EXCITED TO SEE THIS
LEGISLATION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? YEAH THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS AND ON
BEHALF OF PERCY AND ALL THE
OTHER ANIMALS IN CALIFORNIA
WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AND I
VOTE. EXCELLENT WE WILL TAKE
EMOTION VOTE AT THE APPROPRIATE
TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE
THERE ANY OTHER AUTHORS IN THE
ROOM? AT THIS MOMENT, OKAY?
WE'LL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS WHERE
WE GATHER.
ACTIVE. THANK YOU. THAT WILL NOW
MOVE TO FILE. LET HIM 24, MAYBE
18 34 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
GIBSON. PLEASE GO AHEAD, ONE
READY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR
CHAIRMAN AND SENATORS. THANK YOU
FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT
ASSEMBLY BILL 18 34, WHICH WOULD
DO THE FOLLOWING ALLOW THE
PORTABLE GAMING LICENSE SO THAT
WORKERS CAN HOLD SIMILAR
POSITIONS WITH OTHER GAMBLING
GAMING ENTERPRISE WITHOUT
NEEDING. MULTIPLE LICENSE AND
EXTEND A STATE GAMBLING LICENSE
FROM TWO YEARS TO THREE YEARS
BEFORE I PROCEED, I WOULD WANT
TO LET THE COMMITTEE KNOW THAT I
HAVE WORKED WITH THE OPPOSITION
TO ALLEVIATE THEIR CONCERNS AND
HAVE AGREED TO MAKE AMENDMENTS
AT THE NEXT JUNCTURE TO REDUCE
THE THREE YEAR RENEWAL BACK TO
TWO YEARS. WHICH WILL PROVIDE UM
UM YOU KNOW, CLARITY. THE
LICENSE PROCESS FOR CARD ROOMS
AND ALSO TRIBES. HOWEVER I WILL
BE SPEAKING TODAY REGARDING THE
BILL IN PRINT. CURRENT EMPLOYEES
MUST APPLY FOR A SEPARATE
LICENSE FOR EVERY CASINO THEY
WORK AT, EVEN WHEN DOING THE
SAME POSITION. THE CURRENT
LICENSE PROCESS USUALLY TAKES UM
, UP TO ABOUT SIX MONTHS IN
LENGTH OF TIME, WHICH IS, UH,
BURDENSOME ON THE PERSON SEEKING
THE LICENSE AS WELL AS OTHERS
SURROUNDING THE CASINO. THE CARD
ROOM CLUBS. LET ME BE CLEAR THIS
BILL DO NOT LOWER ANY LICENSING
STANDARDS WHATSOEVER AGAIN. IT
DOES NOT. INTERRUPT ANY OR LOWER
ANY LICENSE STANDARDS WHATSOEVER
. THIS BILL COMES OR CAME TO BUY
US A SOLUTION OF A BACKLOG DUE
TO THE 2019 AUDIT REPORT. UM
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
GAMBLING CONTROL COMMISSION.
UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAS BEEN A
WHOLE HOST OF MISLEADING AND
RECYCLED ARGUMENTS. UM NOT ABOUT
THE MERITS OF THE SPECIFIC BILL
BUT ABOUT THE INDUSTRY IN
GENERAL CARD ROOMS. CONTROL CARD
ROOMS CAN CONTINUE. UM TO BE
ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA
LIKE THE COMMUNITY THAT I
REPRESENT THE CITY OF COMPTON.
THE CRYSTAL PARK CASINO
CONTRIBUTES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN MY DISTRICT FOR CRITICAL AND
VITAL SERVICES, UM, PERFORMED BY
THE COMPTON EMPLOYEES. AND ALSO
THE COMMUNITY. UM AND WHAT THIS
BILL AIMS TO DO IS TO SUPPORT
OUR WORKERS WITH BEING ABLE TO
PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR THEIR
FAMILIES. UM, LET ME ALSO REMIND
YOU THAT THIS BILL? UM. THIS
BILL APPLIES TO ALL CASINO
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE GETTING
LICENSED IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL 18 34 6
TO STREAMLINE THE LICENSE
PROCESS BY REMOVING THESE
RESTRICTIONS AND ULTIMATELY
BENEFITING THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE A
FULL TIME WORK. AT A LOCAL
CASINO CARD ROOM. MOREOVER THIS
BILL SHIFTS LICENSE FROM A TWO
YEAR RENEWAL TO A THREE YEAR
RENEWAL WITH ME TO PROVIDE
SUPPORTING TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT
OF THIS BILL. UM IT'S MR JARED
BLAH, ONION AND ALSO MR BRYANT.
UH LAUNDERING WHO WERE HERE FROM
THE COMMUNITY FOR CALIFORNIA
CARD ROOM ASSOCIATIONS. GOOD
MORNING, M CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS
JARED PLANNING ON BEHALF OF
COMMUNITIES CALIFORNIA CARD
ROOMS AHEAD OF THE BILL. AS MR
GIBSON SAID. THIS BILL SEEKS TO
ASSIST EMPLOYEES AND REDUCING
DUPLICATIVE LICENSING PROCESSES
AND EASING THE REGULATORY
BURDENS AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. GREAT. GO AHEAD, MR
LUNDGREN. MR CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR HEARING
THIS BILL AND TO THE AUTHOR, MR
GIBSON COMMUNITY FOR CALIFORNIA
, CARTER REPRESENTS NEARLY 50
CARD ROOM. OWNERS THIRD PARTY
PLAYERS IN CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
REPRESENTING MOSTLY THE SMALL
AND MEDIUM CARD ROOMS IN THE
STATE, ANYWHERE FROM TWO TABLES
PER ESTABLISHMENT UP TO 20, AND
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK MY VOTE ON
THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY
OTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT? MR
CHAIR AND SENATORS ADAM KEIGWIN
WITH ACT, UM, HERE ON BEHALF OF
DAY 101 CASINO IN SAN JOSE AND
SUPPORT THANK YOU. HOLLY FOR
MEETING DEJESUS WITH LIGHTHOUSE
PUBLIC AFFAIRS HERE ON BEHALF OF
PARK WEST CASINOS IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. MODERATOR ANY
WITNESSES ON THE PHONE LINE IN
SUPPORT OF A B 18 34. THANK YOU.
AND IF YOU ARE IN SUPPORT,
PLEASE PRESS 10. AND ONE MOMENT
WE DO HAVE ONE WITH AN OPERATOR.
MM HMM.
MATTER OF HOW WE DOING LINE 14.
YES YES. HELLO DUSTIN CHASE,
REPRESENTING LUCKY CHANCES
CASINO IN SUPPORT OF A B 18 34.
THANK YOU MOVING TO WITNESSES
HAVE ANOTHER ONE. NO NO ONE ELSE
THINK, UH, WITNESSES IN THE ROOM
IN OPPOSITION. WE HAVE SOMEONE,
PLEASE. GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON
, MR CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS
CAROLYN VILLA HUNTER ON BEHALF
OF YOSHIDA. HE WENT TO NATION IN
THE SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF ME
WALK INDIANS. UM, WE TO OUR
SUPPORT. WE TOO HAVE HAD THE
SAME CONCERNS. MR GIBSON HAS
WITH RESPECT TO THE BACKLOGS AT
THE LICENSING AGENCY AND WE HAVE
SUPPORTED ANYTHING THEY CAN DO
TO. WE'VE GIVEN MAGAZINE
SUPPORTED MONEY TO THE AGENCY
OVER THE YEARS AND WE SUPPORT
THOSE CONCEPTS. SO WITH RESPECT
TO MR GIBSON SAID THERE ARE TWO
PARTS TO THE BILL WITH RESPECT
TO THE PORTABILITY OF LICENSE
WERE SUPPORTIVE AND NEUTRAL ON
THAT ASPECT, BUT WITH RESPECT TO
THE THREE YEAR LICENSURE, WE ARE
OPPOSED TO THAT. WE'RE PLEASED
TO HEAR THAT HE HAS SAID THAT HE
IS GOING TO REMOVE THAT AT THE
NEXT JUNCTURE ON THIS BILL AND
APPRECIATE HIM WORKING WITH US
ON THAT. AS YOU ALL KNOW, TRIBAL
CASINOS HAVE A TWO YEAR UM, UM
LICENSE AROUND THEIR EMPLOYEES,
AS HAS BEEN THE STANDARD IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND
RECOGNIZING THAT WE CAN'T JUST
OPEN A COMPACT UP TO TRY TO GET
THE SAME PARODY THAT HE WAS
TRYING TO GET FOR CART ROOMS. WE
APPRECIATE HIS MODIFYING
PLANNING TO MODIFY THE BILL TO
CREATE THAT PARODY. SO WITH THAT
WE WOULD BE NEUTRAL ON THE BILL.
THANK YOU. KILLARNEY TAKING TANA
HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BROWN
ABANDON MISSION INDIANS AND OUR
POSITION TRACKS WITH THAT, AS
EXPRESSED BY THE YOKO
REPRESENTATIVE, AND WE
APPRECIATE THE AUTHORS
COMMITMENT TO REMOVE SECTION FOR
THE BILL. THANK YOU. GREAT THANK
YOU MODERATE ANY OTHER WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION ON THE TELEPHONE
LINE? THANK YOU APPEAR IN
OPPOSITION, PLEASE PRESS 10. AND
NO ONE HAS QUEUED UP. OKAY?
ANYONE IN THE ROOM COMMENTS N
THIS MEASURE. SEEN NONE. UM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND
FOR WORKING WITH THE OPPOSITION
HERE. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE
SOME AGREEMENT ON THAT SECOND
PROVISION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? I DIDN'T RIGHT. SORRY I
HAD TO ASK, BUT GO AHEAD. GO
AHEAD. CENTER BLEND IS IN THE
ROOM. I THOUGHT YOU WERE SORRY.
SORRY IT'S JUST JUST A QUICK
CLARIFICATION IS THE
REPRESENTATIVE FROM VERONA
VERONA SAY THAT THEY WERE
NEUTRAL ON THE BILL. YES OKAY. I
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTOOD THAT. OKAY. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. OKAY
WITH THAT, MR GIBSON, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE? THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. MR CHAIRMAN AND SENATORS.
WE'VE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD IN
ORDER TO GET TO THIS POINT, AND
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR BOTH SIDES
COMING TOGETHER SO WE CAN HAVE A
KUMBAYA MOMENT OF MOVING THIS
THIS BILL FORD. I RESPECTFULLY
ACTS WHEN I VOTED THE
APPROPRIATE TIME. THANK YOU. WE
WERE OPERATING SUBCOMMITTEE NOW
, BUT WE WILL DO EMOTION AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME. THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
HOLDEN PRESENTING A B 16 OH,
FOUR. THIS IS FILE ITEM NUMBER
16. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HOLDEN GO
AHEAD AND WHEN READY, THANK YOU,
MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS AND LET ME
JUST SAY AT THE ONSET THAT I AM
PREPARED TO TAKE THE COMMITTEE'S
AMENDMENT AS PROPOSED. THE
BUILDING, PRESENTING HIS A B 16
OH, FOUR. THAT'S A BILL THAT
IDENTIFIES AND REFORMS PROCESSES
THAT HINDER UPWARD MOBILITY FOR
PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE CIVIL
SERVICE SYSTEM. MAYBE 16 OH,
FOUR CALLS FOR DIVERSITY ON ALL
STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERS.
ADDITIONALLY THE BILL REQUIRES
THAT THE STATE PERSONNEL BOARD
ESTABLISHED A PROCESS THAT
INCLUDES DIVERSITY AND BEST
PRACTICES. AND EACH ASPECT OF
THE DESIGN ANNOUNCEMENT. AND
ADMINISTRATION OF EXAMINATIONS
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
EMPLOYMENT LISTS. A B 16 OH,
FOUR PROVIDES THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
MAY DEVELOP MODEL UPWARD
MOBILITY GOES TO INCLUDE RACE,
GENDER AND L G B T Q. AS FACTORS
TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER
STATE AND FEDERAL EQUAL
PROTECTION LAWS. THIS BILL
REQUIRES THAT COWL HR SUBMIT
WITHIN ITS ANNUAL WORKFORCE AND
AL ICIS AND CENSUS REPORTS ALL
OF THE ADVERSE ACTIONS TAKEN BY
DEPARTMENTS AGAINST EMPLOYEES.
THAT CALLS FOR THE REPORT TO
INCLUDE THE TYPE OF ADVERSE
ACTION, ETHNICITY, GENDER AND
SEXUAL ORIENTATION IF AVAILABLE.
THE GOAL IS TO SEE IF THERE ARE
PATTERNS OF DISCRIMINATION IN
THE DEPARTMENTS. MAYBE 16 OH,
FOUR CALLS FOR THE STATE
AGENCIES TO COLLECT AND REPORT
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA USING THE MORE
NUANCED CATEGORIES OF
CALIFORNIA'S OF AFRICAN DESCENT
SIMILAR TO THE DATA COLLECTION
FOR CALIFORNIANS. OF ASIAN
DESCENT, THE STATUS CRITICAL TO
ACCURATELY REPORTING WHO AMONG
CALIFORNIANS OF AFRICAN DESCENT
IS EXPERIENCING BARRIERS TO
UPWARD MOBILITY. MY OFFICE HAS
BEEN WORKING WITH ADMINISTRATION
TO ENSURE THIS PORTION OF THE
BILL IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.-THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY SUPPORTED
GOVERNOR NEWSOM SIGN AND
GOVERNOR NEWSOM SIGNED A B 31 21
, AUTHORED BY FORMER ASSEMBLY
MEMBER DR SHIRLEY WEBER,
ESTABLISHING THE TASK FORCE. TO
STUDY AND DEVELOP REPARATION
PROPOSALS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS.
16 OH, FOUR GIVES A TASK FORCE
MORE ACCURATE DATA TO UTILIZE IN
ITS DELIBERATIONS. WITH ME TODAY
TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF A B 16
OH, FOUR. IS A MANUAL AMMA FOR
CO FOUNDER, DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH
COALITION OF BLACK EMPLOYEES
WITH THAT I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOU. THANK YOU AS EMMANUEL HERE
IN THE ROOM WITH US. ACTUALLY
HE'S BEEN THE CO HOST LINE
MANUAL. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
MODERATOR IF YOU CAN LET OUR
FIRST LEAD WITNESS GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU, MY MAMA. AND IF YOU
ARE THE WITNESS ONLINE, PLEASE
PRESS ONE AND ZERO AT THIS TIME.
THIS COULD BE ON THE PUB. I
DON'T OKAY. THIS COULD BE IN THE
PUBLIC LINE AS WELL. YES I'M NOT
SHOWING THAT HE CALLED IN AS A
SPEAKER. BUT IF HE IS OR AS THE
MANUAL IF YOU ARE ONLINE PRESS
10 GREAT MANUAL OR ANY OTHER
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT, GO AHEAD
ON THE TELECONFERENCE LINE. IN
ONE MOMENT, WE HAVE ONE PERSON
QUEUING UP.
IN LINE 82, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
LEAH BARROWS ON BEHALF OF
DIVERSITY AND LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE AND SUPPORT OKAY.
THANK YOU. WELL IF MANUAL
APPEARS WHEN WE CAN BRING HIM IN
MODERATE, DID YOU FIND SOMEBODY?
WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON QUEUING UP
NOW. ONE MOMENT. OKAY. GREAT.
AND THAT WOULD COME FROM LINE.
80, PLEASE GO AHEAD. MORNING DEB
ROTH DISABILITY RIGHTS,
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOT
MOVING. NO ONE ELSE THINK YOU
END UP ONLINE. OKAY? ANOTHER
WITNESS IN THE ROOM. OKAY, UM.
IF YOU'RE INNOCENT SUPPORT, GO
AHEAD AND MAKE QUICK COMMENT.
YEAH SORRY ABOUT THAT WASN'T
SURE IF WE WERE ON IN PERSON YET
ADRIAN MOHAMMED WITH LIGHTHOUSE
PUBLIC AFFAIRS ON BEHALF OF THE
BLACK LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO
WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION IN THE
ROOM. SINA MOVED TO WITNESSES
AND OPPOSITION ON THE PHONE LINE
ANY WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION ON
THE PHONE LINE MODERATOR. THANK
YOU FOR AN OPPOSITION, PLEASE
PRESS 10. IN THE ONE Q AND UP AT
THIS TIME, OKAY SENATORS WITH
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING, MR
HOLDEN. OOPS. SO. HERE'S MY
CONCERN WITH YOUR YOUR AMENDMENT
HAS CHANGED THE DEFINITION OF OR
EXPANDED, I GUESS THE DEFINITION
OF DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY. YES.
MORE CLARIFIED IT MORE
CLARIFIED. AND SO IT INCLUDES
WHO NOW WELL, IT DID NOT INCLUDE
WOMEN, AND NOW IT DOES. AND THEN
THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE
NOT JUST LGBT. Q BUT THERE ARE
OTHER CATEGORIES THAT ARE UNDER
REPRESENTED IN THAT CATEGORY OF
THE COMMUNITY, UM AFRICAN
AMERICANS, ASIAN AMERICANS. IS
THERE? IS THERE A LIST? THERE IS
THE WAY THAT THE ANALYSIS READS
IS THAT AS WE UNDERSTAND IT IS
THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE OF A
COMPREHENSIVE INCLUSION. OF
THOSE WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY
INCLUDED HAVE TO LOOK TO YOUR
CONSULTANT. I'M JUST TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND IF IT'S CLEAR WHO IS
INCLUDED IN UNDER THIS TERM
UNDER REPRESENTED IS THAT WE
JUST SAY THAT, UM WHEN WE WERE
LOOKING AT PREVIOUS BILLS THAT
HAD BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. THEY
WERE LOOKING AT THOSE WHO WERE
NOT ALWAYS INCLUDED IN TERMS OF
IN THIS CASE, UPWARD MOBILITY
AND PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
THERE WAS ARTICLES THAT WERE
DEFINING A CATEGORY OF
INDIVIDUALS. WHETHER IN THE
SACRAMENTO BEE. FOLKS THAT
WORKED FOR AIR RESOURCES BOARD
AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES THAT
WERE BEING CUT OUT OF THE UPWARD
MOBILITY, ELEMENT AND
OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE FOR
WITHIN. THEY HAD BEEN IN
POSITIONS FOR OVER 20 YEARS, SO
IT WAS DRAWING A SPOTLIGHT ON
AFRICAN AMERICANS. SO THE BILL
WAS LOOKING AT, UM SOME REAL
DEFINED CASE STUDY IF YOU WILL,
THROUGH, UH, COMPLAINTS THAT
WERE STARTING TO ARISE THROUGH
VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES. AND SO
WE PUT THE BILL FORWARD LAST
YEAR. IT WAS REALLY RECOGNIZING
NOT JUST AFRICAN AMERICANS, BUT
OTHERS WHO COULD BE FALLING INTO
THAT SAME CATEGORY SPACE AS THEY
WERE BEING BROUGHT TO US. AND
DEFINED AS ISSUES THAT THEY WERE
DEALING WITH, AS WELL. UM AND
THEN, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH
THE BILL THIS YEAR EXCUSE ME,
THE COMMITTEE STAFF THOUGHT IT
WAS APPROPRIATE TO LOOK AT
EXPANDING THAT DEFINITION AND
THE CATEGORY OF WOMEN GENDER WAS
EXPANDED. SO THAT WAS CERTAINLY
ONE AREA. CONCLUSION THAT WAS
NOT NECESSARILY INCLUDED. OKAY
AND BEFORE, AND I VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS ON YOUR
PART TO TRY TO NARROW THAT DOWN,
BUT I STILL DON'T QUITE
UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITION OF
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITY DROP
. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEING
DEFINED AS UNDER REPRESENTED
GROUPS ANY LONGER. OKAY SO HELP
ME HERE WHO WHO FALLS. WHO IS
GOING TO BE HELPED BY THIS BILL,
CAN YOU? IS THERE A LIST OF I
CAN I CAN TELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE
IS THAT CLEAR IN THE BILL. IT'S
PRETTY CLEAR. IT'S CLEAR, OKAY?
U AS IT'S BEEN AMENDED. YES.
FEEL FREE TO CLARIFY, UM WITH
THE AMENDMENTS, BUT. LET ME JUST
BE MORE SPECIFIC. YEAH. TAKE
YOUR TIME.
TOOK TO THE CENTER. IS YOUR
QUESTION SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE
REQUIREMENT OF AT LEAST ONE
VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBER FROM AN
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITY HOW
THE NDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES
BEING DEFINED. IS THAT RIGHT? I
JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO FALLS
UNDER THAT UMBRELLA. IS IT? IS
THERE A LIT? DO WE? IS IT VERY
CLEAR SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD KNOW
OR IS IT MORE? BROAD IN
DEFINITION WHERE IT COULD BE
INTERPRETED, PERHAPS
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITY
MEMBER WHO WOULD BE ON A BOARD
ESSENTIALLY WHAT IS DEFINED IN
THE BILL AS WE'VE DEFINED IT.
BUT IT'S NOT LIMITED TO SO
THEY'RE AS I'VE EXPRESSED OTHER
CATEGORY. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE
I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE IF
IT'S NOT, UM, LIMITED TO WHAT
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ALREADY STATED
THEN. I MEAN, I GUESS IT DIDN'T
LIST. I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE
WOULD DETERMINE WHO FALLS UNDER
THIS CATEGORY AND WHO DOESN'T
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
KNOW YOU SAY, WELL, NOW YOU
DON'T FALL UNDER THIS CATEGORY,
AND THE PERSON SAYS WELL, BUT I
AM MISTER UNDERREPRESENTED, YOU
KNOW, THEN WHERE DID HE GO? BUT
I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE
OF THE LIST. VERY WE WERE VERY
PRESCRIPTIVE AND VERY CLEAR IN
TERMS OF HOW WE DESCRIBED
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. OH
I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, SO I THINK
EVERYONE CAN APPRECIATE AND
RECOGNIZE THE VALUE AND
DIVERSITY. I DON'T THINK I DON'T
THINK THAT'S DISPUTED. BUT AYE.
YOU KNOW, THINK BACK TO MOST
RECENTLY WITHIN THE PAST FEW
YEARS, A BILL WE HAD, WHICH
REQUIRED, UM CERTAIN PEOPLE TO
BE ON BOARDS IN CALIFORNIA. UM
AND THAT WENT TO COURT AND WAS
ULTIMATELY DEFEATED BECAUSE IT
WAS FOUND TO BE YOU KNOW THAT
YOU CAN'T DO THAT. SO WITH YOUR
BILL, I AM JUST WONDERING IF IT
DOES NOT. VIOLATE SEVERAL
SECTIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA
CONSTITUTION, AND I'LL GIVE YOU
A FEW EXAMPLES. UM ARTICLE ONE,
SECTION EIGHT. WHICH SAYS A
PERSON MAY NOT BE DISQUALIFIED
FROM ENTERING OR PURSUING A
BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL
VOCATIONAL EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF
SEX, RACE, CREED, COLOR OR
NATIONAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN
SECTION, 31 SAYS THE STATE SHALL
NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST OR
GRANT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT,
TOO. ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP ON
THE BASIS OF RACE, SEX, COLOR,
ETHNICITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE THAT UNREST
CIVIL RIGHTS CODE. WHICH SAYS
ALL PERSONS WITHIN THE
JURISDICTION OF THIS DATA FOR AN
EQUAL AND NO MATTER WHAT THEIR
RACE, SEX COLOR RELIGION.
ANCESTRY ON NON IS THEY'RE
ENTITLED TO FULL AND EQUAL
ACCOMMODATION. SO I'M JUST DO
YOU SEE HOW YOU KNOW YOU COULD
LOOK AT THIS FROM THE OTHER SIDE
AND SAY THIS MIGHT NOT ALLOW SO
MANY AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE
WE'RE SAYING NOW THIS PERSON
MUST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY RATHER
THAN BASING IT ON THE MERITS OF
THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND THE
SKILL SETS THEY BRING FORWARD.
WE'RE BOILING IT DOWN TO UM
SOMEONE WHO THE STATE HAS
DECIDED IS DISADVANTAGED, THOUGH
THAT SEEMS TO BE SUBJECT TO
INTERPRETATION AS TO WHO'S
SPECIFICALLY, THAT IS. WELL, LET
ME JUST SAY THAT AS IT RELATES
TO HOW THIS WOULD BE LOOKED
THROUGH THE LENS IN TERMS OF
WHICH WILL BE LOOKED THERE. IS
AS IT RELATES TO PEOPLE WHO
WOULD BE SELECTED FOR VOLUNTEER
STATUS ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION.
WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, AND WE WERE
HEARD AND GOT DIRECTION FROM
EARLY ON FROM ALLEGED ALLEGED
COUNCIL WAS THAT AS LONG AS IT'S
VOLUNTEER, MEANING IT'S NOT A
COMPENSATION. FOR SERVICE ON A
PARTICULAR BOARD OR COMMISSION
IF IT FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY,
THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD
PRESENT A PROBLEM. AS IT'S BEEN
EXPLAINED TO US. AND SO AS IT
RELATES TO THOSE WHO WOULD BE
CHOSEN TO SERVE, IT'S THE FULL
EXTENT OF LOOKING AT DIVERSITY
AND ENSURING THAT THERE IS
DIVERSITY ON VOLUNTEER BOARD. OR
COMMISSION WITHIN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND I UNDERSTAND
THAT AND I HEAR WHERE YOU'RE
COMING FROM, ALTHOUGH I LOOK AT
IT AS IF IT'S NOT LEGAL TO DO
AND NOT, YOU KNOW. JUST TO DO
WITH RESPECT TO TERMS OF
EMPLOYMENT. THEN IS IT LEGAL
RIGHT? AND JUST TO DO SO IN THE
FORM OF A VOLUNTEER EFFORT
BECAUSE THERE'S A GREAT NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT AN
OPPORTUNITY. TO ENGAGE IN THESE
VOLUNTEER EFFORTS AND TO BE TOLD
WHILE YOU DON'T YOU DON'T FALL
INTO A PARTICULAR CATEGORY, AND
THAT'S THE ONLY SEAT WE HAVE.
AND SO THEREFORE WE HAVE TO DENY
YOU WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO LET ME
LET ME JUST BE CLEAR, TOO, THAT
THERE ARE TWO AREAS THAT WE'RE
REALLY TALKING ABOUT HERE. WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE
LOOKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PROMOTE WITHIN THE CIVIL SERVICE
SYSTEM. THE WAY THAT THE
ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE DESIGNED HOW
THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE DESIGNED
AND ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS
THAT HISTORICALLY ARE DESIGNED
IN SUCH A WAY THAT CAN WEED
PEOPLE OUT. SO WHAT WE'RE
CALLING ON KELLY CHARGED TO DO
IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THEY
PUT TOGETHER, UM THEIR THEIR
FORMS AND HOW THEY LOOK AT
CATEGORIES AND HOW THEY DEFINE
JOB DESCRIPTIONS SO THAT IT IS
NOT LIMITING. YOU KNOW YOU CAN
LIMIT A PERSON BY WHETHER YOU
HAVE SOMEONE THAT STEPS IN AN
ACTING ROLE. IN A PARTICULAR
POSITION. AND THEN THAT ACTING
POSITION. BECOME SORT OF THE
FULL TIME POSITION THERE,
ULTIMATELY SELECTED THAT FREEZES
OUT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO
MAY HAVE BEEN QUALIFIED, BUT
BECAUSE IT WAS NARROWLY DESIGNED
IN A CERTAIN WAY, JUST ABROAD
EXAMPLE. THEN THAT HAS A
TENDENCY TO WEED OUT A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO DID NOT GET AN
OPPORTUNITY. A FAIR SHOT AT THE
POSITION. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
REALLY TRYING TO GET THROUGH ON
THE ONE PIECE IN TERMS OF
REWORKING. THROUGH CALAIS, CHAR
THE WAY THAT THE SYSTEM WORKS
HOW POOLS ARE IDENTIFIED.
QUALIFIED CANDIDATES. HOW DO YOU
QUALIFY? A CANDIDATE? AND SO
THAT THEY'RE NOT WEEDED OUT
UNFAIRLY. OR BIAS THAT KEEPS
THEM FROM MOVING UP TO THE NEXT
LEVEL. THE BUILDING ALSO HAS
THIS AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
THAT SAYS THAT AS WE LOOK TO
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WE
WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
OPERATING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE
OF DIVERSITY. THIS GOVERNOR HAS
MADE IT VERY CLEAR AND IT'S
DEMONSTRATED BY HIS ACTIONS THAT
CHOOSING WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR. OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION HAS
NOT LIMITED HIM IN TERMS OF
MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS A OUR
TRUE REPRESENTATION OF
CALIFORNIA ON THE BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS THAT EXIST. THIS IS
LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE JUST TRYING
TO MEMORIALIZE IN THAT LANE TO
MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THIS
IS HOW WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD
AS LONG AS WE DON'T DO ANYTHING
IN THIS LANGUAGE. THAT RUNS
AFOUL OF TWO OH, NINE OR ANY
FEDERAL LAW, AND I THINK THAT'S
BEEN CLEAR IN TERMS OF THE BILL
AND HOW WE MOVE THIS FORWARD,
BUT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT
SECTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO
ADDRESS IN THIS PARTICULAR
LEGISLATION. OKAY, WELL, UM. I
CAN'T HLP BUT WONDER TO BE
HONEST WITH YOU, THOUGH. IF
THERE AREN'T GOING TO BE
SITUATION. WE'RE SETTING PEOPLE
UP FOR FAILURE OR THE INABILITY
TO SUCCEED BECAUSE WE HAVE NOW
YOU KNOW, DEFINED. WHO CAN SERVE
AS A VOLUNTEER AND WHO CAN'T SO
YOU YOU KNOW, MADE TO PEOPLE WHO
ARE UNIQUELY QUALIFIED, BUT ONE
GETS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, EXT OUT
OF THE EQUATION, AND WE KNOW
THAT PEOPLE WHO SERVE IN A
VOLUNTEER CAPACITY OFTENTIMES
THAT'S KIND OF PART OF THEIR
RESUME BUILDING PROCESS WHERE
THEY'RE LOOKING AS FAR AS THEIR
PROFESSIONAL CAREER TO ADVANCE
IN HAVING A CERTAIN POSITION ON
ON A BOARD OR AS A VOLUNTEER
COULD HELP THEM DO SO. SO MY
WORRY IS THAT WE ARE PERHAPS
TREATING THIS A LITTLE UNFAIRLY
AND TAKING AWAY OPPORTUNITIES
FROM A WHOLE HOST OF PEOPLE. WHO
UM, I THINK YOU WOULD WANT TO
TRYING TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR INCLUSION. AND I THINK THAT
THIS IS THE VERY SAME BILL THAT
WE BROUGHT TO THIS COMMITTEE
LAST YEAR, WHICH THE COMMITTEE
SUPPORTED. AND WE MOVED IT
FORWARD AND. AND I THINK THAT
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS NO
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE BILL
SAYS, AND THAT IS TO TRY TO
CREATE OPPORTUNITIES OF
INCLUSION FOR ALL PEOPLE. THAT
BILL WAS VETOED RIGHT THAT SAME
BILL BECAUSE THERE IS A CONCERN
ABOUT THE DATA COLLECTION AND
THERE'S COST ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT WHICH WE'RE DEALING WITH.
IN THE BUDGET. ACTS ACTION THIS
YEAR. UM, AND WORKING WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT WILL HAVE
THE UPWARDS OF $15 MILLION IN
THE BUDGET TO ADDRESS DATA
COLLECTION. BUT THEN THE
ESSENTIALLY THAT'S. ONE OF THE
ISSUES THAT WE WERE FOCUSED THAT
THE GOVERNOR WAS FOCUSING ON
LINE BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT IT.
TALKS ABOUT THE BILL CONFLICTING
WITH EXISTING CONSTITUTIONAL
REQUIREMENTS, LABOR AGREEMENTS
ALSO THE DATA COLLECTION
EFFORTS, BUT OKAY. THANK YOU. I
DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ANY MORE
TIME. I EVEN ANSWERED MY
QUESTIONS. BUT THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. I DO HAVE A COUPLE
QUESTIONS WHEN YOU SAID, UM
REQUIRES COUNTY SHOULD DEVELOP
UPWARD MOBILITY GOALS. I'M JUST
CURIOUS THAT IS THERE ANY OTHER
, YOU KNOW, STATE OR OTHER THAN
THAT ESTABLISHED SOMETHING LIKE
THIS THAT THIS IS MODELED
AFTERWARDS. IT'S JUST SOMETHING
THAT WE'VE DEVEOPED THAT WERE
KIND OF LEADING. THANK YOU CAN'T
SAY THAT WE DID AN ANALYSIS OR
STUDY OF OTHER STATES AND HOW
THEY DO IT. WE WERE JUST
BASICALLY REFERRING TO A VARIETY
OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AT THE
TIME THAT WE'RE COMING OUT.
THERE WERE, UM DELINEATING HOW.
AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE BEING NOT
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR UPWARD
MOBILITY OPTIONS AND WITH CARB,
THE OFFICE OF STATE PUBLISHING
THE CALIFORNIA PRISON SYSTEMS
JUST TO NAME A FEW, AND SO WITH
THAT IT CREATED A CLEARER
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS A
PROBLEM THAT NEEDED TO BE FIXED.
AND THIS BILL WAS DESIGNED THEN
AND NOW TO FIX THAT KIND OF
PROBLEM LOOKING AT COLLEGE CHAR
AS THE GO TO DESIGN AND
STRUCTURE PROCESS THAT ALLOWS
FOR FAIRNESS AND EQUITY FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING TO
PROMOTE WITHIN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. I MEAN, IT'S QUITE I
THINK IT'D BE QUITE IMPACTFUL
JUST INTERESTED IN IF WE PUBLISH
THESE MODEL GOALS ON THE ON THE
SITE FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, JUST
CURIOUS WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK
LIKE. IS THAT GOING TO BE GO
AROUND, EXPERTS SENT PROMOTION
OR X TIMELINE, OR WOULD IT WHAT
THE INFORMATION THAT WE ALL
ALREADY HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL IS
THAT THE LOWER INCOME POSITIONS
WHERE THERE IS GREAT DIVERSITY,
SO 40,000 OR 50,000 AND LESS.
YOU SEE A LOT OF AFRICAN
AMERICANS, A LOT OF LATINOS. A
LOT OF WOMEN. WHEN YOU START
LOOKING AT 100,000 MORE THAT'S
WHERE YOU HEAR CRICKETS, SO THE
IDEA IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
UPWARD MOBILITY TO THOSE HIGHER
POSITIONS. WHERE IT IS NOT
REPRESENTED. OF THE TRUE
DIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA. SO WE
SAY IT'S SYSTEMATIC. SOMETHING
WAS WITHIN THE SYSTEM THAT NEEDS
TO BE CHANGED. THIS BILL IS
LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF AREAS
WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY POINT TO
SAY I CAN SEE HOW A PERSON IF
THE QUALIFICATIONS IS LIMITED OR
EXPANDED, IF YOU DON'T HAVE
MASTER'S DEGREE, BUT YOU GOT 20
YEARS. IN THE JOB. DOING A JOB,
SEEING HOW IT'S DONE BEING ABLE
TO STEP UP TO THAT. YOU CAN BE
CUT OUT. AND SO I THINK THOSE
ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE'RE
LOOKING TO FIX. YEAH. BUT IT'S
QUITE EXTENSIVE. I THINK IT'S
QUITE IMPORTANT AT JUST THERE
WAS A ITEM IN THE ANALYSIS. MY
LAST QUESTION. UM, THAT PERMITS
COUNTERCHARGE DISCRETION REQUIRE
APPLICANTS FOR EXAMINATION
APPOINTMENT TO PROVIDE
DOCUMENTATION AS A DEEMS
NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH
APPLICANTS. QUALIFICATIONS SO
AGAIN, I ASSUME THAT THAT'S
ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST SAID. THAT'S
IN ORDER TO SORT OF BROADEN, SO
WE DON'T USE VERY NARROW
CLASSIFICATIONS TO EXCLUDE
PEOPLE, BUT THAT THAT ASSUME
THAT PROVISION IS MEANT TO SORT
OF BROADEN. WHAT WE LOOK AT
INDEED. YEAH. OKAY WELL, GREAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT, UM, WITH
THAT, I'LL CERTAINLY BE
SUPPORTING THE BILL AND WE WILL
TAKE A MOTION AT THE APPROPRIATE
TIME. STILL OPERATING THE
SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TESTIMONY AND BEFORE THIS
GOES TO MY HEAD EVEN MORE. I'LL
TURN THIS BACK OVER TO OUR
PROPER CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE
THANK YOU FOR GETTING THROUGH A
LOT OF THOSE BILLS TODAY,
SENATOR APPRECIATE IT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY WE'RE GOING
TO MOVE DOWN TO FILE ITEM NUMBER
33 A B 23 82 ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
EARLY HELLO. WELCOME. YOU MAY
BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY, SIR. OH
THANK YOU, CHAIR AND SENATORS. I
WANT TO BEGIN BY ACCEPTING THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS, WHICH
REMOVED THE EDUCATION
REQUIREMENT OF THIS BILL AND
ACCORDING TO NATIONAL AUDUBON
SOCIETY, 70% OF BIRD SPECIES
MIGRATE EACH YEAR AND OF THOSE
BIRDS, 80% OF THEM MIGRATE AT
NIGHT USING THE NIGHT SKY TO
HELP THEM NAVIGATE TO AND FROM
THEIR BREEDING GROUNDS. EXCESS
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT IS AFFECTING
ECOSYSTEMS AND CAN DISRUPT
CRITICAL BEHAVIOR. IN WILDLIFE.
THIS INCLUDES ATTRACTING NON I'M
SORRY, AND THIS INCLUDES
ATTRACTING NOCTURNAL MIGRATORY
BIRDS AND DIVERTING THEM FROM
SAFE MIGRATION ROUTES TO HUMAN
ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THEY COULD
ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
COLLISIONS OF BUILDINGS AND
STRUCTURES. THE INTERNATIONAL
DARK SKY ASSOCIATION ESTIMATES
THAT AT LEAST 30% OF OUTDOOR
LIGHTING IN THE U. S. HAS WASTED
PRIOR BY LIGHTS AREN'T COVERED.
THESE WASTED LIGHT SORT OF $23.3
BILLION IN LOST ELECTRICITY
COSTS AND THE RELEASE 21 MILLION
TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE PER YEAR
. THIS WILL REQUIRE THAT ALL
OUTDOOR LIGHTING FIXTURES
INSTALLED OR PLACED ON STATE
BUILDING STRUCTURES AFTER
JANUARY 1ST 2023 EXTERNAL SHIELD
DIRECT LIGHT WHERE IT IS NEEDED.
BE EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC OR
SHUT OFF DEVICE OR TO BE MOTION
ACTIVATED, SENSIBLE REFORM THEIR
PRO SAFETY FOR ANIMALS, INSECTS
AND HUMAN BEINGS. RESPECTFULLY
ASKS FOR I VOTE TODAY AND TODAY
I'M PLEASED TO BE JOINED MY
WITNESS AND SUPPORT BY SHANI
KLEIN HOUSE FROM THE SANTA CLARA
AUTOBAHN, WHICH I BELIEVE WOULD
BE ONLINE. PERFECT. IF YOU'RE ON
YOU MAY PROCEED. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING, SIR. DOCTOR. GOOD
MORNING, MEMBERS OF. YOU'RE
GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. PLEASE
PROCEED. THANK YOU, CHAIR DODD
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I
HOPE YOU'RE ALL WELL TODAY. MY
NAME IS JOHNNY KLEIN HOUSE
REPRESENT THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY
AUDUBON SOCIETY. WE HAVE BEEN
ADVOCATING SINCE STORAGE AND
NATURE AND EDUCATION BEING YOUNG
AND OLD. ABOUT OUR NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT FOR ALMOST 100
YEARS. WE THINK ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
EARLY FOR US WEARING THIS BILL
AND THE COMMITTEE FOR ITS
CONSIDERATION OF THE ARTIFICIAL
LIGHT AT NIGHT HAS WIDE RANGING
AND INTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR
ECOSYSTEMS AND WILDLIFE. MAYBE
30. 23 80 TO WORK TO ENSURE
OUTDOOR LIGHTING AT NIGHT.
UNCERTAIN STATE BUILDING AND
STRUCTURE FOCUSES ON MEETING THE
GOALS OF LIGHTING WELL, REDUCING
UNINTENDED IMPACTS OR NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS A PROBLEM
THAT WE HAVE ALREADY WE ALREADY
HAVE THE TECHNOLOGIES AND
CAPABILITY TO SOLVE. AND A B 23
82 PROVIDES ME THE DIRECTION THE
UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE IN
ARTIFICIAL LIFE IN CALIFORNIA
AND GLOBALLY, RESULTING IN
DISRUPTION OF DAILY AND SEASONAL
REASONS IN WILDLIFE. AS THE
AUTHOR REPRESENT REFERENCED IN
HIS REMOTE FOR EXAMPLE, DAILY
CYCLES OF LIGHT AND DARK AND
SEASONAL, LENGTHENING AND
SHORTENING OF THE DAY ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR LIFE SUSTAINING
BEHAVIORS SUCH AS REPRODUCTION.
MIGRATION NOURISHMENT, SLEEP IN
PROTECTION FROM PREDATORS ACROSS
THE CLINIC IN TERRESTRIAL
ECOSYSTEMS. FROM PLANTS AND
INSECTS. FABIAN'S IN MAMMALS,
AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS VERY
WISE LARGE PORTION ABOUT
ECOSYSTEM. A B 23 82 HELPED
RESOURCE TREND AND PROTECT OUR
NIGHT SKY ENDED BIOSPHERE. WE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE
TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S
CONTINUE WITH ANY OTHER
WITNESSES AND SUPPORT IN THE
ROOM. SEEING NOBODY COME UP.
LET'S CONTINUE WITH WITNESSES
WAITING TO TESTIFY ON THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE MODERATOR
, COULD YOU PLEASE PROMPT
INDIVIDUALS? IF YOU'RE IN
SUPPORT, PLEASE PRESS 10 AND WE
WILL START WITH, UM SORRY LINE
98 1 2ND, PLEASE. 98, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HELLO CHAIR MEMBERS.
AMBER TRENTON PRICE CONSULTING
ON BEHALF OF NATIONAL PARKS,
CONSERVATION OF THIS CREATION
AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU AND WE'LL
MOVE TO LINE. 99, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. MICHAEL JARED ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR
BIODIVERSITY AND SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. AND AT THIS
TIME, THERE'S NO ONE ON CUE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MODERATOR
HEARING FROM ALL THE SUPPORTERS
WILL NOW FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS
FROM OPPOSITION. IS THERE
ANYBODY IN THE ROOM OPPOSED TO
EXCUSE ME A B 23 82. SEEING NONE
. MODERATOR LET'S DO THE SAME
THING FOR A B 23 82 FOR THOSE
THAT OPPOSITION THANK YOU.
YOU'RE AN OPPOSITION, PLEASE
PRESS ONE AND ZERO. AND THERE'S
NO ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
WILL NOW BRING DISCUSSION BACK
TO MEMBERS. ANYBODY WISHING TO
ADDRESS THE AUTHOR, OR HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS SEEING DONE SO MANY
MEMBERS STILL SERVING AS A
SUBCOMMITTEE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE WHEN THE REST OF THE
QUORUM FLIES IN THE REST OF THE
FLOCK? SO FAST DRIVE? OH, THANK
YOU SO MUCH, SIR. HERE'S THIS
ONE, TOO. OKAY WE'RE NOW MOVING
TO FILE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, MAYBE
988 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BAUER-KAHAN. IT'S STILL GOOD
MORNING. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I
KNOW IT SEEMS HARD TO BELIEVE.
WELL THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. I WANT TO START BY
THANKING THE CHAIR AND COMMITTEE
STAFF FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE HARD
WORK AND SUPPORT ON THIS
TRANSFORMATIONAL PIECE OF
LEGISLATION AND WHAT IT DOES FOR
CALIFORNIANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE
SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS.
WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST YEAR
ENGAGING AND WORKING WITH
STAKEHOLDERS IN ORDER TO
STRENGTHEN THE BILL AND
REIMAGINE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CRISIS HERE IN CALIFORNIA. I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE
NEWEST VERSION OF THE BILL ADDS
TECHNICAL SUPPORT REQUESTED BY
THE CALL CENTERS. AND AN
AGREEMENT WITH CCT A TO A NEW
CAP ON THE FEE, AS WELL AS A
NARROWING OF SERVICES. IT CAN
COVER TO JUST THOSE THAT ARE
ACCESSED THROUGH THE PHONE,
WHICH MOVES THOSE ORGANIZATIONS
TO A NEUTRAL POSITION. WITH
THESE CHANGES. WE'VE REMOVED
INDUSTRY OPPOSITION, WHICH WE'RE
REALLY PROUD OF, AND I THINK
IT'S THE WORK WE SHOULD BE DOING
HERE IN THE CAPITAL IS BRINGING
PEOPLE TOGETHER TO WHERE WE CAN
ALL AGREE. IN 2020, BOTH
CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS UNANIMOUSLY
PASSED ME REPEAT THAT WASHINGTON
UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A BILL AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED THE
NATIONAL SUICIDE HOTLINE
DESIGNATION ACT. ESTABLISHING
988, A NEW THREE DIGIT
ALTERNATIVE TO 911 FOR THOSE
SUFFERING WITH SUICIDE AND
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. IT'S NOW
UP TO US TO IMPLEMENT THE
SYSTEM, WHICH GOES LIVE IN JUST
A FEW WEEKS. 98 IS A UNIVERSALLY
ACCESSIBLE LIFESAVING EMERGENCY
SERVICE. A B 988, ALSO KNOWN AS
THE MILDENHALL LIFELINE AND
SUICIDE PREVENTION ACT,
IMPLEMENTS THE NEW 98 SYSTEM
HERE IN CALIFORNIA TO PROVIDE
CALIFORNIANS WITH AROUND THE
CLOCK. MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CARE
, INCLUDING CRISIS CARE
COUNSELORS WHO CAN PROVIDE
LIFESAVING CARE OVER THE PHONE
IN 95% OF CASES. AND THAT'S
REALLY I WANT TO STOP RIGHT
THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY
SIGNIFICANT. IF I ASK ANYONE IN
THIS ROOM WHAT THE SUICIDE
PREVENTION HOTLINE NUMBERS RIGHT
NOW, I BET NONE OF US COULD
SPOUT OFF THAT 10 DIGIT NUMBER.
BUT AS OF JULY 16TH AMERICANS
WILL BE ABLE TO DIAL 988 AND GET
THE INCREDIBLE SUPPORT OF THESE
HOTLINES AND HOPEFULLY SAVE
LIVES. BUT CONGRESS ENABLED US
TO GO FURTHER THAN THAT. THE
BILL WOULD ALSO ENSURE THAT
MOBILE CRISIS TEAM STAFFED BY
TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS WHO CAN RESPOND
INTO THE COMMUNITY TO CALLERS
WHO NEED TO BE CONNECTED FROM 98
TO IMMEDIATE CRISIS SERVICES.
YOU CAN ALSO CONNECT THOSE TWO
CRISIS RECEIVING A STABILIZATION
SERVICES INSTEAD OF ENDING UP IN
OUR JAILS AND OUR EMERGENCY
ROOMS. I WANT TO PAUSE RIGHT
THERE BECAUSE THROUGH THE WORK
I'VE DONE ON THIS BILL OVER THE
LAST TWO YEARS. I'VE HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF SITTING DOWN WITH
SO MANY CALIFORNIANS, MANY WHO
WE WORK WITH WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED THOSE SUFFERING WITH
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN THAT
MOMENT OF CRISIS TODAY. YOU CAN
CALL THE 10 DIGITS SUICIDE
PREVENTION LINE AND GET SERVICES
OVER THE PHONE. BUT IF YOU NEED
HELP WITH SOMEONE IN PERSON, IF
THE WHAT'S THE PERSON YOU LOVE
IS IN CRISIS AND NEEDS HELP ON
THE GROUND. YOUR ONLY OPTION
RIGHT NOW IS TO CALL 911. AND
RECEIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES
IN MOST PARTS OF CALIFORNIA. MY
COLLEAGUE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
LACKEY IN THE ASSEMBLY WHO IS A
CO AUTHOR OF THIS BILL SPOKE SO
ELOQUENTLY ON THE ASSEMBLY
FLOOR. ABOUT WHAT IT MEANT TO BE
A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CALLED
INTO THOSE SETTINGS WHERE HE
WASN'T TRAINED. TO DO WHAT WAS
NECESSARY TO DEESCALATE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN CRISIS
AND HOW GAME CHANGING THIS WILL
BE TWO PEOPLE ON THE GROUND WHO
NEED HEALTHCARE, WHO NEED
HEALTHCARE RESPONSE WHEN THEY'R
IN CRISIS. NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IN ADDITION, RIGHT NOW THE
LARGEST MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER
IN THE NATION IS THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY JAILS AND I WANT TO
PROVIDER IN QUOTES BECAUSE
THAT'S NOT A MENTAL HEALTH
PROVIDER. THAT'S THE JAILS.
PEOPLE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
DESERVE A HEALTHCARE RESPONSE
AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
DO WITH THIS BILL AND WHAT WE
WILL DO WITH THIS BILL, PEOPLE
WILL HAVE AN ACCESS POINT INTO A
HEALTHCARE RESPONSE. THEY WILL
GET A MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE
TEAM WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
TRAINED TO DO JUST THAT. AND
THEN THEY A COUNTIES WILL BE
ABLE TO CONNECT THEM TO
STABILIZATION SERVICES THAT ARE
MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE THAN OUR
JAILS AND OUR EMERGENCY ROOMS.
AND THAT'S THE GOAL HERE. SO THE
BILL DOES A FEW THINGS THAT SETS
UP THE SYSTEM BY WHICH THAT WILL
WE WILL ACHIEVE THAT GOAL OVER
THE COMING YEARS. IT ENSURES WE
FULLY FUND THAT SYSTEM AS WE DO,
911 TODAY. THROUGH A FEE THAT
AGAIN WE HAVE NEGOTIATED WITH
MANY PARTIES AND NOW IS CAPPED
AT 30 CENTS AND WILL BE ACTUAL
COST. WE PUT QUITE A FEW
MEASURES IN THE BILL. AS MANY OF
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SOMEONE WHO
ALWAYS SUPPORTS FEES. AND SO ONE
OF MY GOALS IN THIS BILL WAS TO
MAKE SURE THAT FEE WAS
CIRCUMSCRIBED. IT WILL BE SPENT
JUST ON THESE SERVICES. IT WILL
BE A FEE OF LAST RESORT. WE WILL
USE FEDERAL MATCHING. WE WILL
USE INSURANCE FUNDS FIRST, BUT
THE FEW WILL BE UM, THERE TO
SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS AND GET
THAT 85% FEDERAL MATCH FOR THESE
MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICES
AND TO HELP FUND THAT PHONE
LINE, WHICH ARE WITNESSES WILL
BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO, BUT WE'LL
SEE A HUGE INCREASE WHEN 98 GOES
LIVE, SO ALL OF THIS IS REALLY
CRITICAL WORK. THAT WILL SAVE
LIVES IN CALIFORNIA, AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL
TODAY IS JONATHAN POOR DÍAS, CEO
OF WELL SPACE AND THE SECOND
LARGEST 98 CALL CENTER IN THE
STATE AND CO LEADING THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CALL
CENTER IMPLEMENTATION GRANT AND
COLLINS SUAREZ WITH THE
CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION. THEY'RE BOTH HERE
IN THE ROOM. I BELIEVE. GREAT.
POLICE PROCEED. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, UM, TWO MINUTES. THE
NUMBER OF CURRENTLY UNTIL THE
16TH. 2738255. MY NAME IS
JONATHAN PORTER HERE, SO I'M A
LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST,
AND I'M ALSO THE CEO OF WALL
SPACE HEALTH. UM I HAVE BEEN
PERSONALLY THE LEAD CONSULTANT
SUPPORTING OUR TEAM ON OUR
SUICIDE HOTLINE FOR 16 YEARS. I
DO ALSO RUN A LARGE SCALE FQ HC
AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
ORGANIZATION HERE IN THE REGION.
WE SERVE 125,000 PATIENTS A YEAR
WITH OVER 400,000 VISITS. OUR
SUICIDE PREVENTION AND CRISIS
LINE SERVICE ABOUT 75,000 CALLS
A YEAR RIGHT NOW, AND WE
ANTICIPATE QUITE AN INCREASE
WITH THE 988 EXPANSION. WE TALK
ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
RESPONDING TO CALLS WE GET THE
CALLS FROM CHP OFFICERS WHO ARE
SUICIDAL. WE GET THE CALLS FROM
CHILDREN WHO ARE FRIGHTENED IN
THE CLOSET. AND SUICIDAL OR
FRIGHTENED IN AN EMOTIONAL
CLOSET. UM AND SUICIDAL. WE GET
THE CALLS FROM THE CORONADO
BRIDGE. WE GET THE CALLS FROM
THE LAVA TUBES OF MODOC COUNTY.
AND SO, BEING HERE IN FRONT OF
YOU TODAY, ASKING YOU TO CREATE
AN INFRASTRUCTURE PERMANENTLY
FOR US IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR.
AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR
CONSIDERING AN AYE. VOTE ON
THIS. THIS IS IN THE INTEREST OF
THE STATE BRINGING US TOGETHER.
WE ARE 13 CRISIS CENTERS WHERE
NATIONALLY ACCREDITED AND SO
WE'VE BUILT AN INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT IS KIND OF IMMACULATE. WE
TOGETHER RECEIVED 300,000 CALLS
A YEAR. OUR RESPONSE RATE 91% OF
THE CALLS ARE ANSWERED WITHIN.
34 SECONDS. THAT'S A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT RESPONSE. THIS IS
WHY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS
SAID THIS IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE
ON WHICH WE'RE GOING TO ADD THE
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE.
BECAUSE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE
WORKS PERFECTLY WELL, COMPARED
TO PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING WE CAN
SEE. WE SERVE ALL THE COUNTIES
CURRENTLY, WE DO WE HAVE
ROLLOVER COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE
THE STATE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME
GOING OUT ON THE FRINGES. CAN
YOU WRAP UP? YES, ANOTHER
SPEAKER HERE. SO WHERE THE FRONT
END OF A CRISIS CONTINUUM AND
THIS CRISIS RESPONSE CONTINUUM
IS GOING TO BE FIGURED OUT, BUT
WE ARE THE PART THAT IS
EXISTING. AND THE NEED IS NOW
988 GOES LIVE ON THE 16TH OF
JULY, SO I WOULD REALLY
APPRECIATE AND I VOTE FROM YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD LATE MORNING
CHAIR AND MEMBERS CONSEQUENCE OF
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.
SO DR PORTER'S JUST SPOKE REALLY
ELOQUENTLY ABOUT THE STATEWIDE
NEED FOR THIS. I'M NOT GOING TO
HOPE TO REPLICATE THAT. BUT
SINCE THIS IS GEO, I'D LIKE TO
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE MECHANICS
OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK. IN
ADDITION, I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF THE CO SPONSORS OF THE
BILL, THE STEINBERG INSTITUTE
AND THE KENNEDY FORM. SO FIRST
THE FEE AUTHORITY IN THIS BILL
IS CAPPED. AS THE ASSEMBLYWOMAN
STATED. IT'S ACTUALLY EIGHT
CENTS IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS AND
2023 2024 WITH THE MAX 30 CENTS,
CAP. AND IN ADDITION, THE SAME
OVERSIGHT THAT THIS COMMITTEE
AND THE LEGISLATURE HAS OVER THE
NEXT GEN. 911 SYSTEM IS THE
SAME. IT WILL HAVE OVER 98 H WE
FEEL IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
INSERT ENSURE CONSUMER
PROTECTION. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT
A USER FEE IS APPROPRIATE IN THE
CIRCUMSTANCES. ALTHOUGH THE
GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE HAVE
APPROVED MONEY IN THE LAST TWO
BUDGETS FROM GENERAL FUND IF YOU
WANT A 24 HOURS, ALWAYS ON
CRITICALLY NECESSARY SERVICE
ACCESSIBLE TO ALL CALIFORNIANS.
YOU CAN'T REALLY BE RELIANT UPON
AN ANNUAL BUDGET TO PROVIDE
THOSE RESOURCES. SECOND. THE
LIMIT ON THIS FEE MEANS THAT
WILL GO ONLY TOWARDS SPECIFIC
LIMITED PURPOSES AS LAID OUT IN
THE IN THE BILL AND THESE
SERVICES ACCESS THROUGH THE
PHONE INCLUDE THE CLINICAL, SUCH
AS 24 HOUR CRISIS COUNSELORS AND
MOBILE CRISIS TEAMS AND THE
TECHNICAL SUCH AS TRAINING AND
SALARIES FOR CALL CENTER STAFF.
FULL INTEROPERABILITY WITH 911
THAT CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. MM
BUILDING AN IMPLEMENTATION
FRAMEWORK FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
BECAUSE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SERVICES COULD BE FUNDED BY
MEDICAL INSURANCE. THOSE ARE NOT
TO BE REPLICATED BY THE USER
FEE, WHICH IS ALSO GOING TO BE
VERY IMPORTANT FOR TRANSITIONING
. THESE FOLKS FROM THESE 988
CALLS TO SERVICES THAT ARE
NECESSARY. AND SPEAKING OF
INTEROPERABILITY, SINCE I KNOW
THIS IS G O, AND WE CARE DEEPLY
ABOUT THAT THIS BILL WOULD TASK
OS WITH FULLY INTEGRATING OUR
NEXT GEN 911 SERVICES CURRENTLY
BEING BUILT OUT WITH 988. THERE
IS NOBODY IN STATE GOVERNMENT
THAT IS MORE PREPARED TO TAKE ON
THAT TASK THAT NO ES, THEY HAVE
TO BE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION. AND
SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE IS
JULY 16TH WE BELIEVE THAT THEY
ARE THE APPROPRIATE VENUE TO DO
THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR SUPPORT, AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO YOU ANY QUESTIONS?
YOU MAY HAVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS AND SUPPORT
IN THE ROOM. PLEASE COME UP.
GOOD AFTERNOON. TARA JIMBO
EASTMAN, ON BEHALF OF THIS TIME,
BRING INSTITUTE PROUD CO SPONSOR
AND SUPPORT. HELLO EMILY. ALL
WITH MOMS DEMAND ACTION, AND I'M
IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. T
MADDEN, REPRESENTING THE
CALIFORNIA CHAPTER OF THE
AMERICAN COLLEGE EMERGENCY
FISHING'S AND EVERY TOWN FOR GUN
SAFETY AND STRONG SUPPORT.
CHRISTOPHER BLOTTO MÀ VOLUNTEER
WITH MOMS DEMAND ACTION FROM
ALAMEDA IN SUPPORT. JENNIFER
BORNSTEIN, WITH MOMS DEMAND
ACTION FOR GUN SENSE AND STRONG
SUPPORT. KAREN ZANOTTO, A
VOLUNTEER WITH MOMS DEMAND
ACTION AND SUPPORT. CASSANDRA
WHETSTONE. I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH
MOMS DEMAND ACTION FROM FOLSOM,
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT. LAUREN.
THANK YOU WITH THE COUNTY FORM
AND STRONG SUPPORT. MARY LOUIS
ROSSETTO MOMS DEMAND ACTION
VOLUNTEER FORMER POLICE OFFICER
IN SUPPORT. MR CHAIR MEMBERS,
ALL IN SUPPORT. THE CALIFORNIA
STATE ASSOCIATIONS, PSYCHIATRIST
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
FRANCISCO AND FOUNTAIN HOUSE, A
NATIONAL NONPROFIT THAT OPERATES
THE CLUBHOUSE MODEL. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. OKAY SEE? NO NOBODY
ELSE COMING FORWARD. WE'RE GOING
TO GO ON THE TELECONFERENCE
SERVICE MODERATOR, CAN WE CUE
PEOPLE AND SUPPORT OF A B 988,
PLEASE? THANK YOU. AND IF YOU
ARE IN SUPPORT, PLEASE PRESS ONE
THING ZERO WE WILL START WITH
LINE. 38, PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK
YOU, MR CARON MEMBERS. THEY'VE
CALMLY WITH THE L. A COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WERE PROUD
CO SPONSOR OF THE DELTA. THANK
YOU LINE 69. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD MORNING TURN MEMBERS.
MADELINE COOPER WITH NIELSEN
MERKSAMER ON BEHALF OF COUNTRY
PASTA, COUNTY AND SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU ONLINE. 44,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING,
AMERICA COLLEGE WITH DIDI HIRSCH
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND
SUPPORTED A B 9 88. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU LINE 96. PLEASE GO
AHEAD. BROADCAST. DANNY OFFER
WITH THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON
MENTAL ILLNESS, OFTEN ECONOMIC,
CALIFORNIA. WE'RE PROUD COAST
FOSTER STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. LINE ONE. OH, ONE,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. YEAH. GOOD
MORNING, MR TURN MEMBERS MOIRA
TOP ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN
DIEGO AND SUPPORT THANK YOU LINE
102. PLEASE GO AHEAD. I DID.
MORNING CHAIR MEMBERS. THIS IS
EDWIN BORE BONE ON BEHALF OF THE
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. LION. 46, PLEASE
GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING SIMON
VIEW WITH THE COW WHEN IT
COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY BEHAVIOR,
HEALTH AGENCIES AND SUPPORT,
ALSO CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA ACCESS COALITION AND
SUPPORT THANK YOU LINE 25.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI JAKE. HOW
CAN YOU ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LINES OF CHILD AND
FAMILY SERVICES AND SUPPORT
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 104.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING,
REBECCA GONZALEZ WITH THE
NATIONALISTS. OC ATION OF SOCIAL
WORKERS, CALIFORNIA CHAPTER IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU AND 106.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING,
MARK SMITH ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA CHAPTER OF THE
NATIONAL EMERGENCY NUMBER
ASSOCIATION COUNTY NHÀ,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 911
DISPATCHERS IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU AND LINE ONE. OH,
THREE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. MIND
THIS IS PAUL SIMMONS WITH THE
DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT
ALLIANCE AND A STRONG SUPPORT
AND HOPING WE CAN HELP WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION. THANK YOU AND
17. PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING, MRS JENNIFER ALI WITH
THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION,
EMERGING FAMILY THERAPISTS AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 9
11, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING. THIS IS CAROL. WE'D ON
BEHALF OF THE DEMOCRATS OF
RUSHMORE AND STRONG SUPPORT.
THANK YOU AND LINE 97, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. TÌM MY NAME'S TOM HAN
ALONG AND I'M WITH, UM AL CALLED
FOUNDATION. THE BILL AND WE ARE
IN STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
AND THERE ARE NO OTHER. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MODERATOR.
HAVING HEARD FROM ALL THE
SUPPORTERS WILL NOW FOLLOW THE
SAME PROCESS AND HEAR FROM THE
OPPOSITION. ANYBODY IN THE ROOM
AND OPPOSITION. TO A B 988.
PLEASE COME FORWARD. THANK YOU,
MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS JONATHAN
AARON BILL ON BEHALF OF SETIA,
THE TRADE ASSOCIATION FOR THE
WIRELESS INDUSTRY. WE'RE NOT IN
OPPOSITION, BUT WE DO HAVE A
COUPLE OF CONCERNS THAT YOU
KNOW, WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO WORK
OUT. THE FIRST IS, WE THINK
THERE SHOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO
HOW WE FUND 911. WE YOU KNOW THE
TAX ON A B 988 IS GOING TO BE
USED FOR THE CALL CENTERS
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO 911. WE
SUPPORT THAT WE THINK THAT'S
APPROPRIATE. WHAT WE HAVE
CONCERNS WITH IS THAT ON A B
988. IT GOES BEYOND JUST THE
CALL CENTERS AND ASKED THE FUND
MOBILE CRISIS UNITS AND YOU
KNOW, WHILE THE FEDERAL PROGRAM
ALLOWS IT, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE
IT. AND WE THINK THAT THE
APPROPRIATE WAY TO FUND THE
MOBILE CRISIS UNITS WOULD BE THE
GENERAL FUND SIMILAR TO HOW WE
DON'T ASK CELLPHONE USERS TO PAY
FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE
OFFICERS. WE THINK THAT YOU
KNOW, USING ATTACKS ON ANYTHING
OTHER THAN THE CALL CENTER IS
PROBLEMATIC. THE SECOND CONCERN
WE HAVE IS, WE'D LIKE A LOCAL
PREEMPTION. WHILE WE ARE FINE
WITH THE 8 88 TAX ON CELLPHONE
USERS FOR A STATE PROGRAM WE
WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE 5200
CITIES DO A LOCAL ONE AS WELL.
THOSE ARE CONCERNS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM
MODERATOR, CAN WE PLEASE, UH, GO
TO THE TELECONFERENCE LINE AND
SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN
OPPOSITION TO A B 988, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. AND IF YOU'RE IN
OPPOSITION, PLEASE PRESS ONE,
DÂN ZERO AND WE WILL START
RELYING 40. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD MORNING TERROR AND MEMBERS
. THIS IS PAM LOOMIS ON BEHALF
OF CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS
AND CI PC, REMOVING OUR
OPPOSITION. BUT UM, STILL HAVING
THE SAME CONCERNS OUTLINED BY CT
A. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE. THANK YOU
AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT,
TERRIFIC. HAVING HEARD FROM
EVERYBODY IN BOTH IN OPPOSITION
AND SUPPORT WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR
MEMBERS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS? SENATOR BECKER.
YEAH I WAS JUST KINDA THANK THE
AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD
AND, UM OTHER THANK YOU TO ALL
COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY FOR
COMING TO THE TABLE, AND I THINK
YOU'RE REACHING COMPROMISE WITH
THE AUTHOR. UM TO RESPECT
OVERALL REMOVE OPPOSITION AND.
AND TO SUPPORT THE BILL. SO I
THINK THIS WILL SAVE COUNTLESS
LIVES AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL.
QUÊ SENATOR NIELSEN. THANK YOU,
MR CHAIRMAN. I CONSIDER THIS ONE
OF THE LANDMARK BILLS AND I
COMMEND THE AUTHOR THE MANNER IN
WHICH HE HAS PURSUED THE BILL.
BALANCE THE INTERESTS AND
CONCERNS. AND WORKED IN SUCH A
BIPARTISAN MANNER. AS A YOUNG
FARMER, A NEW SENATOR. HAD KIND
OF A COUPLE OF BIG SHOCKS. TIME
I REPRESENTED YOUR COUNTY NAPA.
AND SONOMA. WHICH CONTAINED THE
DD HOSPITAL AND NAPA HAD MH
HOSPITAL. THAT WAS A NEW WORLD
TO ME. AND I CAN'T SAY THAT I
WASN'T DISTURBED. BY WHAT I SAW
AND WAS EXPOSED TO. THAT I
BECAME MUCH MORE EMPATHETIC
ABOUT AND AN ADVOCATE FOR AND
ONE OF THE DIMENSIONS THAT WE
DON'T OFTEN THINK ENOUGH ABOUT.
IS THE FAMILIES OF INDIVIDUALS
WHO HAVE SUCH AFFLICTIONS. IN
100 TAKES TO ENSURE SOME COMFORT
ON THEIR PART. AND THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT STEP. TOWARDS THAT
END. I REALLY THANK YOU FOR THE
BILL AND THE INTEREST IN THE
APPROPRIATE TIME. I'D LIKE TO
MAKE THE MOTION. FAVORED THE
BILL. THANK YOU, SENATOR. THANK
YOU, SENATOR. NIELSEN SENATOR
RELATED. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
YOU WANTED TO? YEAH I'VE SURE
BEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT, SO I CAN
REALLY APPRECIATE THIS BILL AS A
CO AUTHOR. I'M SO PROUD THAT
WE'RE FINALLY REACHING THIS
POINT. TO BRING A FAMILY
TOGETHER, AND I'LL SAY THE
FAMILY OF THERAPIST THE FAMILY
OF L. C S W S PSYCHOLOGIST,
EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER FOR
THE COMMON GOOD. OF PROTECTING
INDIVIDUALS, CHILDREN, FAMILIES
THAT THAT ARE IN THIS CRISIS,
AND IF THEY WANT INDIVIDUAL
MOTHER CHILD, A TEENAGER. CAN BE
SAVED BECAUSE OF THIS BILL.
WE'VE DONE OUR JOB AS
LEGISLATORS, AND I COMMEND YOU
AND ALL THE SUPPORTERS THAT WE
HAVE SUCH A BILL, AND I'M SO
HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.
CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU,
SENATOR. 70 MEMBER. GOOD WORK.
I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL
TODAY, WHERE IT'S STILL A
SUBCOMMITTEE. SO WE WILL, UH,
YOU WANT TO CLOSE PLEASE. I
BRIEFLY YOU HEARD TOM HALL COLIN
AND SUPPORT OF THE BILL. AND IT
WAS HER STORY THAT REALLY
STARTED THIS JOURNEY FOR ME. HER
SON WAS SUFFERING FROM A
SCHIZOPHRENIC EPISODE SHE CALLED
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SHE HAD A
WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT IN
THAT MOMENT HE LOST HIS LIFE.
AND IT WAS SO CLEAR TO ME IN
THAT MOMENT THAT WE WERE FAILING
THESE FAMILIES AS THE GOVERNMENT
THAT WE WEREN'T PROVIDING THEM
WITH WHAT THEY DESERVED. HER SON
WAS ILL AND HE NEEDED SO MUCH
MORE THAN WE HAD GIVEN HIM AND
SHE HAD DONE EVERYTHING SHE
COULD. TO GIVE HIM THE LIFE YOU
DESERVE IN THE FUTURE HE
DESERVED AND HE'S NOT WITH US
ANYMORE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE
THIS TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AT
THE TIME. BUT SHE WORKS
TIRELESSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
SAVE THE LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE'S
CHILDREN WHO NEED THIS SO
DESPERATELY, AND SO I'M
INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR MY
COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY HAVE
SPOKEN IN SUPPORT FOR THE
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL.
BECAUSE WE ARE COMING TOGETHER
TO SAVE LIVES. AND WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE
WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. REMEMBER, WE ARE
GOING TO TRY TO GET
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BRYANT AND
WEBBER'S. BILLS HEARD BEFORE
WE'RE WE'VE BEEN TOLD. WE NEED
TO QUITAT FIVE MINUTES TO ONE,
BUT WE'RE GOING TO TWO NEW
EXCUSE ME? YEAH. ANY RATE. LET'S
GO. THIS IS FILE ITEM NUMBER 34
24 19. IT IS STILL GOOD MORNING
AND WELCOME. PLEASE PROCEED.
GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. I'M HERE TODAY TO
PRESENT A B 24 19, THE JUSTICE
40 ACT. AND JUSTICE FOR THE
INITIATIVE WAS INITIATIVE
ANNOUNCED BY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
WHEN HE SIGNED THE
INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE OVER $44
BILLION HEADED TOWARDS
CALIFORNIA. HE CALLED ON 40% OF
THOSE FUNDS. TO GO TOWARDS
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. WE
HAVE CODIFIED THAT PROCESS WITH
AN ADVISORY COUNCIL HOUSING THE
STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCIL HERE AT
THE STATE LEVEL THAT WILL
RECOMMEND PROJECTS UP AND DOWN
THE STATE. WITH 40% GOING TO
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND AN
ADDITIONAL 10% FOR STRICTLY LOW
INCOME COMMUNITIES, AND THAT
ADVISORY GROUP HAS MADE OF
DIVERSE COALITION OF FOLKS
RANGING FROM LABOR PARTNERS.
THOSE WHO ARE FRONTLINE IMPACTED
TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND OTHERS.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE UNIQUE
BILLS THAT HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER
THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITY AND THE STATE BUILDING
TRADES. COUNSEL I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR I VOTE AND WITH ME TO
TESTIFY TODAY. AH IS OLIVIA
SEMEN ON THE FROM THE LEADERSHIP
COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND MELISSA
ROMERO FROM ENVIRONMENT VOTERS.
BUT NOTE THAT. THIS BILL HAS THE
SUPPORT OF THE CHAIR. SO IF
BECAUSE OF TIME IF YOU GET
ABBREVIATE YOUR COMMENTS, I
APPRECIATE IT. OKAY? HI ELISE
PH DRIK WITH CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS AND I'M
HERE IN PLACE OF MELISSA ROMERO
TODAY, SO IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
CALIFORNIA HAS A HISTORIC
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MASSIVE
INVESTMENTS IN CLIMATE,
RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE
KNOW WE NEED TO COMBAT THE
CLIMATE CRISIS. WHAT WE MUST
ENSURE IS THAT THEY THESE
INVESTMENTS ARE MADE EQUITABLY.
PRIVATE PRIORITIZING COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE BEEN
DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMED FROM
THE LEGACY OF TOXIC POLLUTION
AND DISINVESTMENT. CALIFORNIA IS
SET TO RECEIVE OVER 44 BILLION
IN FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS
FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT IN JOBS ACT AND IS
ELIGIBLE FOR EVEN MORE IN
COMPETITIVE GRANTS FROM PROGRAMS
COVERED BY JUSTICE 40. WE HAVE
AN HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY TO USE
THIS INFUSION OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
TO INVEST IN COMMUNITIES THAT
NEED IT MOST CREATE GOOD JOBS
AND ADVANCE OUR CLIMATE GOALS. A
B 24 19 IS A CRUCIAL AND
NECESSARY BILL TO ENSURE THE
EQUITABLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
JUSTICE FOR THE INITIATIVE IN
CALIFORNIA. BY COMMITTING
FUNDING TO DISADVANTAGE AND LOW
INCOME COMMUNITIES. A B 24 19
BUILDS OFF A STRONG FEDERAL GOAL
AND ACTUALLY PUTS EQUITY AT THE
CENTER OF OUR INVESTMENTS. WE
ALSO KNOW THE DECISIONS WE MAKE
NOW WILL LOCK IN THE STRUCTURE
OF OUR BUILT IN ENVIRONMENT FOR
DECADES TO COME. WE MUST MAKE
SURE THAT THESE INVESTMENTS HELP
FACILITATE OUR CLIMATE AND CLEAN
ENERGY GOALS. AND THAT THEY
SUPPORT GOOD UNION JOBS. IF
PASSED INTO LAW, MAYBE 24 19
WILL BE A MODEL FOR THE REST OF
THE COUNTRY ON HOW STATES CAN
DELIVER ON THE PROMISE OF
JUSTICE 40. AND FOR THESE
REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON THE
LINE MODERATOR. IS THAT MISS
SEIDEMANN? YOU MAY BEGIN. IF YOU
CAN HEAR ME, YES. PLEASE THANK
YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR. DOT IN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
OLIVIA SEIDMAN, CLIMATE POLICY
COORDINATOR FOR LEADERSHIP
COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY, COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATES FOR
EQUITABLE POLICIES. AND EQUAL
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY ALONGSIDE
WORLD COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE SAN
JOAQUIN IN EASTERN COACHELLA
VALLEY. FOR TOO LONG,
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES ACROSS
CALIFORNIA HAVE BORNE THE BRUNT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, BUT
ALSO BEING OVERLOOKED AND LEFT
OUT OF NEEDED INVESTMENTS. THIS
IS MOST APPARENT AND UNDER
INVESTED REGIONS LIKE THE
EASTERN COACHELLA IN SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEYS, WHICH EXPERIENCED SOME
OF THE HIGHEST POVERTY RATES AND
HIGHEST SOLUTION BURNINGS IN THE
COUNTRY. WITH CALIFORNIA SET TO
RECEIVE OVER $44 BILLION IN
FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS
INELIGIBLE FOR EVEN MORE. WE
HAVE A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY TO
USE THIS INFUSION OF FUNDING TO
PRIORITIZE INVESTMENT IN GOOD
JOBS AND POLICIES THAT ADVANCE
OUR CLIMATE GOALS. IN
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
HISTORICALLY BEEN EXCLUDED FROM
SUCH INVESTMENTS. MAYBE 24 19 IS
AN IMPORTANT STEP TO ENSURE
EQUITY IS AT THE CENTER OF
CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENTS IN CALIFORNIA. IT
COMMITS AT LEAST 40% OF THESE
INVESTMENTS TO THAT'S THE
VILLAGE COMMUNITIES AND
DISADVANTAGE AND INCORPORATED
COMMUNITIES AND AN ADDITIONAL
10% TO LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.
IT'SSTILL ALSO CREATE, BUT ALSO
CREATE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM
COMMUNITY AND LABOR TO PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THE STATE
CAN USE THESE FUNDS TO ACHIEVE
BETTER LABOR, EQUITY AND CLIMATE
OUTCOMES. IT'S AN IMPORTANT THIS
IS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO UPLIFT
COMMUNITY DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO
IMPROVE OUTCOMES ACROSS THE
ENTIRE STATE. PATTERNS A LOT.
MAYBE 24 19 WILL BE A MODEL FOR
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY OF HOW
STATES SYMBOLISM FOR THE
PROMISES FROM THE PROMISE OF
THESE INVESTMENT. FOR THESE
REASONS I RESPECTED ESPECIALLY
AFTER I VOTE. THANK YOU. LET'S
CONTINUE WITH WITNESSES IN THE
ROOM. POLICE COME FORWARD YOUR
NAME. IN YOUR POSITION, PLEASE.
ERIN LAHANE ON BEHALF OF THE
HALF A MILLION MEMBERS OF THE
STATE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
TRADES COUNCIL APPRECIATIVE
WORKING WITH THE AUTHOR IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU NEXT. OKAY MODERATOR,
CAN WE GO TO THE COASTLINE? TO
SEE IF ANYBODY'S IN SUPPORTIVE.
MAYBE 24 19, PLEASE. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT. PLEASE PRESS
LONDON ZERO HIM WAS THAT RED
LINES 70, PLEASE GO AHEAD. THE
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION IN
SPORT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT
CALLER IS LINE. 109, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. MEMBER SO HOW WOULD
THREATEN PRICE CONSULTING ON
BEHALF OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE
FUND IN SUPPORT? NEXT CALLER. 1
10 YEAR LINE IS OPEN. I AND
REGAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR OF
WITH CLIMATE RESOLVE IN SUPPORT
OF A B 24 19. THANK YOU IN LINE
11 YEAR LINE IS OPEN. GOOD
MORNING. AND CAROL. WE'D ON
BEHALF OF 3 50 BAY AREA ACTION
AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU AND WE'LL
MOVE TO LINE. 43, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. CITED HIS EXACT LOOP ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA GREEN
YOU DEAL COALITION, ONE OF THE
COOLEST BUNCHES OF THE BILL, AND
PERHAPS SUPPORT OF MAYBE 24 19
AND ALSO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
THE ASIAN PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL
NETWORK. IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
THANK THANK YOU AND LION. WANNA
11, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING, ELENA ORTIZ ON BEHALF
OF SERIES, NRDC ACTION FUND AND
CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES
AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU LINE 108.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI THIS IS
EMILY GARTENBERG ON BEHALF OF
JOBS TO MOVE AMERICA IN STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
AND LINE 1. 12, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HI THIS IS MICHELLE PARASITE
WITH PUBLIC ADVOCATES AND
SUPPORT. LINE. 13, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. 9 31 13 YEAR LINE IS
OPEN. HI THIS IS ANY SHAHEEN
GORANI WITH ADVANCEMENT PROJECT,
CALIFORNIA IN STRONG SUPPORT.
THANK YOU AND LINE 1 14, PLEASE
GO AHEAD. POSES OSCAR SANDOVAL,
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SENIOR
MANAGER WITH THE WEBINAR
COALITION FOR HEALTHY CALIFORNIA
AND STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
AND AT THIS TIME, THERE'S NO
FURTHER PARTICIPANTS IN Q. THANK
YOU. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE ROOM
WHO WANTS TO TESTIFY? AN
OPPOSITION SEE NONE. CAN WE MOVE
TO THE TELECONFERENCE LINE?
MODERATOR. PROPOSITION. THANK
YOU AND. THANK YOU. AND IF
YOU'RE AN OPPOSITION, PLEASE
TRUST LONDON ZERO ONE MOMENT,
PLEASE. AGAIN IF YOU'RE IN
OPPOSITION, PLEASE PRESS THE 10
. WE DO HAVE ONE WITH AN
OPERATOR. AND THAT IS 1. 21.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING,
MR CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS RICHARD
MARCUSSEN FOR THE WESTERN
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
ASSOCIATION IN STRONG OPPOSITION
TO THE LANGUAGE THAT
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BRIAN ADOPTED
IN JUNE. WHICH IS THE REASON
THAT THE BUILDING TRADES ARE
SUPPORTING THE MEASURE TODAY.
EVEN THOUGH BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
AND THEIR EXECUTIVE ORDER SET A
MORE REASONABLE $35 MILLION
LEVEL AT FOUR PROJECT LABOR
AGREEMENTS ON I A. J. A FUNDED
PROJECTS. $5 MILLION VERY MODEST
PROJECTS IN CALIFORNIA PROJECT
LABOR AGREEMENTS. WILL INCREASE
THE COST. THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
RECENTLY HAD AN ARTICLE THAT
SAID THAT BELOW MARKET APARTMENT
HOUSES BUILT IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA WE'RE COSTING IN
EXCESS OF $1 MILLION AND
ATTRIBUTED TO A NUMBER OF LABOR
RELATED PROVISIONS SIMILAR TO
PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS. SO
YOU'LL BE PAYING MORE OR GETTING
LESS. OR I, I J MONEY. I WOULD
POINT OUT THAT THESE ARE PUBLIC
WORKS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT
ALREADY REQUIRE APPRENTICESHIP
AND THE PAYMENT OF THE UNION
PREVAILING WAGES AND HIRING OF
DISADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGED
BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. IT IS
UNNECESSARY COMPLEXITY AND COST.
FOR THAT REASON WE ARE OPPOSED.
THANK YOU. AND THERE'S NO ONE
ELSE IN. Q. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MODERATOR. UM WE'RE GOING TO
BRING HIM BACK TO OUR MEMBERS.
ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? EXCUSE
ME. HI, SENATOR. I'M A LITTLE
LATE, BUT I WANTED TO JUST ADD
ON SUPPORT. THAT'S PLEASE ON
BEHALF OF THE GREENLINING
INSTITUTE, SCOPE AS CO SPONSORS
AND ENSURING SUPPORT OF BLACK
WOMEN FOR WELLNESS AND SOUTH LOS
ANGELES, TRANSIT, EMPOWERMENT
AND SPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SENATOR BAKER SUPPORT THE BILL,
AND WE'LL MOVE IT AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME. THANK THE
AUTHOR FOR HIS WORK. ELSE, SEE
NONE. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD AT
THE APPROPRIATE TIME. WE'LL GET
EMOTION AND GET A VOTE HERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WEBER. GOOD
MORNING. STILL HERE HERE. COME
MORNING. READY ALRIGHT. I WILL
NEVER 15 MAYBE 16. OH WHAT I
KNOW OUR TIME CONSTRAINTS, SO I
WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORT. I
WANT TO START BY SAYING GOOD
MORNING TO THE CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. I WANT TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE AND ITS STAFF FOR ALL
THE WORK AND I WILL BE ACCEPTING
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS. I'M
HERE TO PRESENT A B 16 OH, ONE,
THE SAFE CALIFORNIA CALL CENTERS
JOB ACT. THIS BILL IS TO PROTECT
CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA COSTS AND
OUR WORKERS AND DISINCENTIVIZE
EMPLOYERS FOR MOVING JOBS OUT OF
CALIFORNIA. A B 16. OH, ONE IS A
JOB AND TAXPAYER PROTECTION
MEASURE THAT REQUIRES EMPLOYERS
TO GIVE THE LABOR COMMISSIONER
120 DAYS NOTICE WHEN RELOCATING
30% OR MORE OF THE COSTS IN OUR
JOBS FROM CALIFORNIA TO ANOTHER
COUNTRY. IN ADDITION, THESE
EMPLOYERS WOULD BE PROHIBITED
FROM RECEIVING STATE GRANTS,
GUARANTEED LOANS OR TAX CREDITS
FOR FIVE YEARS. THIS BILL IS
SPONSORED BY THE COMMUNICATION
WORKERS OF AMERICA AND SUPPORTED
BY THE CALIFORNIA LABOR FED,
CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED
AMERICANS. CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
BOARD EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION,
CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATIVE
BOARD SMART TRANSPORTATION
DIVISION AND THE UNION
STEELWORKERS DISTRICT 12 HERE TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT WITH ME TODAY
IS SCOTT TURNER FROM THE
COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF
AMERICAN DISTRICT NINE. IGNACIO
HERNANDEZ FROM THE HERNANDEZ
STRATEGY GROUP. OKAY. MR TURNER
FEEL FREE TO BEGIN. OH GOOD
MORNING CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS SCOTT
TERM, THE LEGISLATIVE POLITICAL
CAMPAIGN LEAD OF THE
DISTRICT NINE AND I'M HERE IN
SUPPORT OF A B 16. OH, ONE AS WE
ARE THESPONSORS OF THE BILL,
UM, CALL CENTERS. ARE IMPORTANT
ECONOMIC LIFELINE FOR MANY
COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WITH 210,160 WORKERS
WITH THE JOB TITLE CUSTOMER
SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES. IN
CALIFORNIA ALONE CULTURE AND THE
WORKERS PROVIDE A PATH TO A
CAREER WITH MANY WORKERS
SPENDING 15 20 OR 30 YEARS IN
THIS LINE OF WORK. UNFORTUNATELY
THOUSANDS CALL CENTER WORKERS IN
CALIFORNIA ACROSS THE COUNTRY
HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS IN RECENT
YEARS HAS MAJOR CORPORATIONS. OF
OFFSHORE CUSTOMER SERVICE
OPERATIONS OVERSEAS. FOR MANY
YEARS, THE STATE USED TO REQUIRE
ALL CALL CENTER CUSTOMER SERVICE
JOB TO BE CONDUCTED IN
CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING STATE
DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. 2011
FOR EXAMPLE, 80 M T IS CLOSED
CALL CENTERS IN ANAHEIM.
BAKERSFIELD ATWATER, SACRAMENTO
AND OAKLAND. 18 T HAS ALSO
SEVERELY REDUCED ITS WORKFORCE
IN CAMERA MON. FRESNO SAN DIEGO
COMMERCE. PASADENA, ESCONDIDA
AND TORRENTS. IN MAY OF 2017
SPECTRUM, FORMERLY TIME WARNER
CABLE CLOSED ITS CALL CENTER IN
PALM DESERT WITHOUT WARNING,
LAYING OFF 200 WORKERS. IN
FEBRUARY. 2000 AND 14, VERIZON
WIRELESS CLOSEST CALL CENTER IN
IRVINE THAT EMPLOYED OVER 1000
WORKERS AND TOP IN OCTOBER, 2000
AND 16. THE COMPANY CLOSED ITS
CALL CENTER RANCHO CORDOVA ALSO
LAYING OFF OVER 1000 WORKERS. SO
THIS TREND IS HARMED WORKING
FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN
CALIFORNIA ACROSS AMERICA WHILE
ENDANGERING CONSUMER CONSUMER
SECURITY, FOR EXAMPLE, CALL
CENTERS AND COSTA RICA HAVE TO
HOME TO A MATTER. EXCUSE ME.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE
TWO MINUTES. OKAY, COOL. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. SO THEY
WERE FORCED TO CALL CENTERS AND
COSTA RICA. WE'RE HOME TO A
MASSIVE TELEMARKETING SCAM THAT
DEFRAUDED THOUSANDS OF US
CITIZENS MOST, UM OVER THE AGE
OF 55 UPWARDS OF $20 MILLION
EUROPE, TRUMP THANK YOU, MR
APPRECIATE SORRY. WE ASK YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU GUYS. GOT THAT?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK
YOU. AGNOSTIC HERNANDEZ ON
BEHALF OF THE COMMUNICATION
WORKERS OF AMERICA DISTRICT NINE
ASKED FOR SUPPORT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. IF I
HAD KNOWN THAT I MIGHT HAVE
GIVEN HIM THE EXTRA TIME. SO
ANYWAY, LET'S UH SO WE'VE GOT
ANY OTHERS IN SUPPORT IN THE
ROOM. MODERATOR CAN WE PLEASE GO
TO THE TELECONFERENCE LINE,
PLEASE? FOR THOSE SUPPORTED 16.
OH, ONE. OR IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT
, PLEASE PRESS 10. WE'LL GO TO
THE LINE. 73, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
MR CHAIR MEMBERS, MATT BROUGHT
ON BEHALF OF THE TEAMSTERS AND
THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU IN
LINE. 22, PLEASE GO AHEAD. THE
COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA
DISTRICT NINE AND I'M IN STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU LINE 70.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR MEMBERS, MITCH STEIGER
WITH THE CALIFORNIA LABOR
FEDERATION IN SPORT. THANK YOU.
AND THERE'S NO FURTHER
PARTICIPANTS. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MODERATOR. WE'RE GONNA IS
THERE ANYBODY IN OPPOSITION? YES
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR, AND I'LL BE
AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. ROBERT
METRIC CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE. WE ARE OPPOSED TO A B
16. OH, ONE THANKS STAFF FOR THE
THOROUGH AND ACCURATE ANALYSIS
OF I THINK THE ISSUES IN THE
BILL, I WILL SKIP A GOOD CHUNK.
I THINK TO THE CORE BEHIND THE
BILL. I THINK THE SIMPLE TRUTH
WE ALL KNOW IS THAT IT CAN COST
MORE TO DO BUSINESS IN
CALIFORNIA, THOUGH IT HAS MANY
ADVANTAGES, AND I THINK THAT'S A
LEGITIMATE CONCERN THAT THE
AUTHOR AND THE PROPONENTS SHARE
WITH US. OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD
PREFER TO IMPROVE THE BUSINESS
CLIMATE OTHER WAYS. ARE
CONCERNED WITH THIS BILL IS
NOTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S VETO OF
THE SIMILAR. A B 16 77 AND 2019
IS THAT THIS WILL DISINCENTIVIZE
NEW BUSINESSES STARTING HERE, OR
BUSINESSES LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE
TO RELOCATE WON'T CHOOSE
CALIFORNIA OUT OF CONCERNS ARE
BEING HIT BY THIS AH AH, BRIEFLY
. THE OTHER TWO CONCERNS. I
WOULD FLAG AS WE HAVE SOME
CONCERN. THIS MAY HAVE
IMPLICATIONS LEGALLY WITH NAFTA,
WHICH RELATES TO RESTRICTIONS ON
LOCATIONS OF BUSINESSES AND
TRADE BETWEEN SIGNING COUNTRIES.
AND I THINK THE STAFF ACCURATE
POINT WE'RE GOING TO THE
OFFICIAL OF STATE AGENCIES FOR
THESE REASONS. WE ARE OPPOSED A
B 16. OH, ONE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE IN
OPPOSITION MODERATOR? CAN WE
PLEASE GO TO THE TELECONFERENCE
LINE TO FIND IF THERE'S ANYBODY
WISHING TO TESTIFY? OPPOSED TO A
B 16 OH, ONE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
IF YOU'RE AN OPPOSITION, PLEASE
PRESS ONE AND ZERO. AND THERE'S
NO ONE IN QUÊ. OKAY THANK YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO MEMBERS.
ANYBODY WISHING TO COMMENT ON
THIS, SENATOR BECKER? YEAH, I DO
. I THINK SO, OBVIOUSLY SEEMS
LIKE AN IMPORTANT MEASURE, AND
IT'S BEEN BEEN WORKED ON FOR A
WHILE. NOW I GUESS THE QUESTION
IS, AND THE TIMING SEEMS
UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE WE JUST
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO OPERATE A
CALL CENTER. FOR THE STATE FOR A
D D LIKE WE CAN'T DO IT. I DON'T
KNOW WHY. I'M JUST PERPLEXED.
YOU KNOW, THEY PROMISED A YEAR
AGO, SHE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR
PROMISED THAT WE WOULD HAVE
SCHEDULED CALLBACKS. IN THE FALL
AND THEN AUTOMATED CALLBACKS
ONLINE COURSE AND SCHEDULE
COMEBACKS DOES, I BELIEVE STILL
HAVE NOT HAPPENED? UM AND WE
JUST CAN'T DO IT. SO I'M JUST
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT'S YOU KNOW,
MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN ON HOW DO
YOU ADDRESS THAT IN TERMS OFUM
, WHY WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH THIS. I CERTAINLY
GENERALLY SUPPORT THE IDEA OF
HEY, OUR STATE GOVERNMENT SHOULD
CONTRACT HERE WITH ENTITIES IN
CALIFORNIA. THAT CERTAINLY MAKES
SENSE TO ME. BUT I DON'T KNOW.
THE TIMING SEEMS DIFFICULT WHEN
WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
OPERATE A CALL CENTER
EFFECTIVELY FOR THE FOR THE
STATE GOVERNMENT. AND UM AND
MAYBE WE'RE NOT USING. YOU KNOW,
MAYBE WE HAVEN'T BEEN USING UM,
SOME SOME MECHANISM TO THAT THAT
WE SHOULD GET. THE OTHER ONE IS
JUST HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND TO
KIND OF VETOES OF PREVIOUS
GOVERNORS IN TERMS OF IT, YOU
KNOW, FEELING LIKE IT'S GOING TO
HURT, UM, OUR ABILITY TO ATTRACT
BUSINESSES, RIGHT? WELL UM, I
SEE. ONE OF THE SPONSORS IS
SPEAKING. SO I'LL LET HIM SPEAK
. AND THEN I WILL ADDRESS THAT.
THANK YOU. RIGHT? THANK YOU, MR
SHERIFF THAT ALLOW IGNACIO
HERNANDEZ AGAIN ON BEHALF OF
CDVA DENIED. THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION, SENATOR, UM, COUPLE OF
THINGS AS FAR AS THE A VETO.
WHAT WE HAVE BUILT INTO THIS
BILL IS A LITTLE BIT MORE
FLEXIBILITY. AND ALSO MAKE CLEAR
THAT WHEN THERE IS A DECLARED
EMERGENCY IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, UM THAT THERE IS A
WAY AROUND THE REQUIREMENT SO
THAT WE ALLOW FOR SOME
FLEXIBILITY, ABILITY TO HAVE
CALL CENTERS AND OTHER PLACES TO
ENSURE THAT CALIFORNIANS ARE
ABLE TO ACCESS CALL CENTER,
ESPECIALLY ED. THE IRONY, OF
COURSE, IS THAT WE HAVE LAID OFF
CALL CENTER WORKERS IN
CALIFORNIA TRYING TO CALL E D D
DURING THIS TIME, SO, UM TO THE
FIRST QUESTION, YOU KNOW, AS WAS
STATED BY MR TURNER FROM A WE
HAVE A LOT OF WORKERS IN
CALIFORNIA WHO HAVE TRAINED TO
WORK AT CALL CENTERS WORKED FOR
YEARS AT CALL CENTERS AND
ACTUALLY UP UNTIL A FEW YEARS
AGO, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DID
REQUIRE IN THEIR CONTRACTS THAT
CALL CENTER WORK WAS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA SO IT CAN BE DONE.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORK WITH WHOMEVER IT IS TO HELP
BRING SOME OF THESE WORKERS
BACK. UM SO THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT THAT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE,
AND WE'RE HOPING TO BRING IT
BACK IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY.
RECENTLY PASSED AND ENACTED
SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS
REQUIREMENTS WITH LESS
FLEXIBILITY THAN OUR BILL, AND
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK OUT,
UM IN STATE WORKERS FOR CALL
CENTERS, SO WE THINK IT CAN BE
DONE. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO
KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT. I
LIKE TO LOOK AT DATA AND WHAT
WE'VE SEEN SINCE THAT. BILL WAS
VETOED WAS NOT AN INCREASE IN
JOBS COMING HERE, BUT ACTUALLY
AN INCREASE IN COST CENTERS
LOSING JOBS HERE. AND SO IF NOT
HAVING THIS BILL WAS GOING TO
BRING MORE COMPANIES HERE INTO
CALIFORNIA, THEN WE WOULD HAVE
SEEN THAT OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS, WHICH WE HAVE NOT SEEN.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS OUR
RESIDENTS CONTINUING TO LOSE
JOBS, LOSE THEIR WAGES LOSE
THEIR HOMES. UM AND YET WE IN
CALIFORNIA'S TAXPAYERS CONTINUE
TO GIVE THOSE COMPANIES THAT
HAVE CHOSEN TO LEAVE AND LEAVE
THE COUNTRY. UM, ARE TAX
SUBSIDIES? THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND DID I UNDERSTAND THE WITNESS
THEN TO SAY THAT CURRENTLY THAT
WE DO NOT HAVE THIS REQUIREMENT
TO USE CALIFORNIA SURFER E. D.
D. THAT THAT IS NOT A
REQUIREMENT. TODAY THEY'RE USING
WORKERS IN OUT OF STATE. IS THAT
TRUE? THAT IS CORRECT. THERE'S
NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT COSTS IN
A WORK FOR STATE AGENCIES AND
DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO BE IN
CALIFORNIA AND WITH THE THIS
BILL WOULD DO IS SAY THAT WHEN
THERE IS A CONTRACT WITH A
VENDOR FOR CALL CENTER WORK THAT
MUST BE IN CALIFORNIA. TDD FOR
EXAMPLE, I THINK IT'S WELL KNOWN
. A LOT OF CALLS WERE BEING
ROUTED TO OHIO. UM DURING THE
DURING THE PANDEMIC TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THE CALL CENTER WORK,
AND SO WE DO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY
IN LIGHT OF, YOU KNOW, DECLARED
PANDEMIC, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE
YOU KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT SITUATION. UM BUT
AGAIN, WE HAVE. AS YOU HEARD,
YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF CALL CENTER
WORKERS WHO ARE OUT OF WORK AND
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN BRING
THEM BACK INTO THE FOLD AND
AGAIN ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE YEARS
AGO, THE GENERAL CONTRACT FROM
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR
VENDORS. DID REQUIRE THAT ALL
CALL CENTER WORK BEING
CALIFORNIA. THOSE REQUIREMENTS
ARE NO LONGER IN THE STATE
CONTRACTS. GOT CELL PHONE? YEAH,
I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT OHIO.
ACTUALLY AS SOON AS YOU HEAR YOU
SAY THAT NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY
HAVE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED
SIMILAR BILLS. SO YORK,
CONNECTICUT, NEW JERSEY, ALABAMA
KNOW VANNA, LOUISIANA. THEY ALL
HAVE PILLARS MEASURE SIMILAR TO
THIS SENATOR MELANIE'S THANK
YOU, MR CHAIRMAN, SO I JUST WANT
TO DOVETAIL ON THE LAST
COMMENTS. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S IF WE
CURRENTLY HAVE DIFFICULTY
GETTING THE CALL CENTER
SPECIFICALLY LIKE FOR E. D. D. I
DON'T SEE HOW THIS BILL IS GOING
TO ENHANCE THOSE EFFORTS FORGET
. I MEAN, WE'RE MAKING IT MORE
BURDENSOME. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY
CONCERNS THAT BY PUTTING A BILL
LIKE THIS IN PLACE THAT IT WILL
AND UNDERMINE EFFORTS TO BRING
MORE CALL CENTERS HERE AND THEN
THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF
DEEPENING THE WELL HERE AS FAR
AS THE TROUBLE IS THAT WE'RE
SEEING, OKAY, I SEE HIS STAND
UP. GO AHEAD. ONE QUESTION WAS
FOR YOU. I KNOW, BUT HE CAN
ANSWER IT. GO AHEAD. UM HAPPY
TO, I THINK AS FAR AS THE
DIFFICULTY IN GETTING CALL
CENTERS HERE, EXCUSE ME IN
CALIFORNIA IS THAT THERE ARE
WORKERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. SO
UM, WE'RE WE HAVEN'T BEEN
INVOLVED IN IDENTIFYING WHAT THE
CHALLENGES WERE IN HAVING COST
CENTERS HERE IN CALIFORNIA. BUT
WE'RE CERTAINLY, AS YOU KNOW, A
NATIONAL LABOR UNION WITH
WORKERS AND ALL STATES CERTAINLY
WILLING TO WORK TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THAT TAKES. YOU KNOW, FOR
THE PRIVATE FOR THE STATE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO HAVE COST
CENTERS HERE IN CALIFORNIA WITH
THE PRIVATE VENDORS, BUT WHEN IT
MAKES SENSE TO FIGURE THAT OUT
BEFORE WE PUT A BILL LIKE THIS
INTO PLACE, WELL, THERE ARE
WORKERS AVAILABLE AND THAT IS
SOMETHING ACTUALLY DURING THE
PANDEMIC. WE HAD DISCUSSIONS
WITH FOLKS AND WE ACTUALLY, UM
THINK IT'S OKAY. SAY THE CW. I
DID START PUTTING TOGETHER LISTS
OF WORKERS WHO HAD BEEN
DISPLACED, WHO FORMERLY WORKED
FOR THE STATE SPECIFICALLY, AND
SO WE HAVE A LIST OF WORKERS WHO
HAVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE, BUT
WE STILL DON'T HAVE A CALL
CENTER IN CALIFORNIA FOR EDDIE
D. I CAN'T SPEAK TDD DIRECTLY
BECAUSE I'M USING THAT AS AN
EXAMPLE OF A STATE AGENCY THAT
COULD CERTAINLY USE THE HELP AND
THAT STILL DOESN'T EXIST TODAY.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THEIR
EFFORTS HAVE BEEN TO ESTABLISH A
CALL CENTER. HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW,
HAVE THOE DISCUSSIONS, BUT THEY
HAVEN'T SHARED THAT INFORMATION
WITH ME AS TO WHY THAT HASN'T
HAPPENED. SO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN
A LOT OF DISCUSSION AMONG
LEGISLATORS ON THAT. BUT WE
HAVEN'T BEEN PART OF THOSE
DISCUSSIONS. OKAY WELL, I
APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. I
THINK THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A
REQUIREMENT, UM THEN YOU WILL
FIND PEOPLE TO WORK AND LIKE HAS
BEEN SAID. BY NACIO AND BY OUR
CALLER, AND JUST BY DATA, UM
THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIANS HAVE
LOST THEIR JOBS IN CALL CENTERS.
THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
WORK. AND THEY WOULD COME BACK
TO WORK IF IT WAS AVAILABLE.
SURE AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M
JUST POINTING OUT THE OBVIOUS
HERE. WHAT I THINK IS THE
OBVIOUS IS THAT WE'RE MAKING IT
MORE DIFFICULT FOR CALL CENTERS
TO COME TO CALIFORNIA BY DOING
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT THAT'S
WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE ON
THAT. I JUST HAVE ONE FINAL
QUESTION. UM YOUR BILL REQUIRES
ANY OF THESE CALL CENTERS THAT
ARE RELOCATING OVERSEAS OR
ELSEWHERE THAT THEY NOTIFY THE
LABOR COMMISSIONER 120 DAYS
BEFORE RELOCATING. AND THAT
REQUIRES A LABOR COMMISSIONER TO
PUBLISH A LIST OF THOSE
COMPANIES. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT
THE PURPOSES OF THE LABOR
COMMISSIONER PUBLISHING THE LIST
OF COMPANIES? I APOLOGIZE IF I
IF I MAY. MR. THANK YOU. AND
THAT WAS A PRODUCT OF A LOT OF
DISCUSSION BECAUSE THAT
PROVISION IS LINKED TO THE NEXT
PROVISION, WHICH MEANS THAT
THOSE UM THOSE COMPANIES ARE NOT
ELIGIBLE FOR STATE INCENTIVES,
TAX CREDITS AND OTHER THINGS, SO
HAVING A LIST AVAILABLE UM, IS
SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENTS
AND AGENCIES CAN REVIEW WHEN
THEY ARE CONSIDERING GRANTS, TAX
INCENTIVES, SO THAT WAS
SOMETHING THAT WAS PART OF OUR
DISCUSSIONS. THE LAST GO ROUND
AND WHY IT WAS DRAFTED THAT WAY
, AND THE BILL DOES NOT
ESTABLISH ANY PENALTIES FOR
COMPANIES COMING HERE. IT'S AN
OR PENALTIES FOR MOVING JOBS
OVERSEAS, AND IT'S ONLY OVERSEAS
. IT SIMPLY SAYS THAT THEY'RE
NOT ELIGIBLE, SO HAVING A LIST
AVAILABLE. THAT COULD BE
ACCESSIBLE FOR STATE AGENCIES
FOR THERE IS A LOT LONGER
DISCUSSION. BUT I SAT DOWN WITH
COMPUTER FOLKS AT LABOR AGENCY
AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO FIGURE
OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. AND
THAT WAS THE PRODUCT OF THOSE.
OKAY SO MY UNDERSTANDING,
THOUGH, IS THAT THERE ARE
PENALTIES OF UP TO $10,000 A DAY
AND THAT WOULD BE IF THEY
ASSUMING IF THEY DON'T NOTIFY
THE LABOR COMMISSION 100 TIMES,
THERE ARE PENALTIES. IT'S JUST
NOT FOR RELOCATING. RIGHT JUST
FOR FAILURE. FAILURE TO NOTIFY
THE STATE WHICH IS SIMILAR TO
OTHER STATUTES. SO AGAIN, I GO
BACK TO HOLD ON, COME BACK TO
THE MICROPHONE. COME ON BACK.
COME ON BACK BEFORE YOU GET
COMFORTABLE TRYING TRYING TO GET
OUT OF HERE. UM SO, BUT, YOU
KNOW, I ENTERED. I UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE
COMPANIES SUBJECT TO THIS RULE
AREN'T ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
SOME OF THESE STATE GRANTS AND
TAX CREDITS. BUT WHY, UM. ISN'T
THAT INFORMATION THAT CAN BE
SHARED INTER AGENCY. IS THERE A
NEED FOR IT TO BE PUBLISHED IN
THIS WAY? UM YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO
DISCUSS THAT ISSUE A LITTLE BIT
FURTHER. UM IF THE BILL GOES
FURTHER WITH THE WITH THE
AUTHOR, BUT I WANT TO DISCUSS IT
NOW. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU
FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS
LIST OF COMPANIES IS PUBLISHED.
WHAT? WHAT? UM YOU KNOW WHAT
GOAL DOES THAT ACHIEVE? WHAT
PURPOSE? DOES THAT SERVE THIS?
THE STATE'S INTEREST. WE ARE
WHAT? WHAT? WHAT I CAN SAY IS
THAT THAT WAS A PRODUCT OF A LOT
OF DISCUSSION. UM KEEP SAYING
THAT, BUT YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME
THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION, AND I
THINK THERE ARE A VARIETY OF
REASONS, ONE OF WHICH I'LL GIVE
YOU ONE THAT FOLKS HAVE TOLD ME
IS THAT THERE ARE FOLKS WHO
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THEY ARE
CALLING COMPANIES WHERE WHO'S
ANSWERING THOSE CALLS? IF IT'S
GOING TO BE SOMEBODY IN
CALIFORNIA IS GOING TO BE
SOMEBODY OVERSEAS. I'M NOT
SAYING THAT'S WHY WE MADE THE
AMENDMENT. IN FACT, IT'S NOT THE
REASON WHY, BUT I KNOW THAT I
HAVE HEARD THAT FROM OTHER
SUPPORTERS OF THE BILL, THAT'S
WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO. WHAT
IS THE REASON WHY YEAH. WHAT'S
THE REASON WHY THIS IS IN THE
BILL? AS I SAID IT WAS PUT IN
THE BILL BASED ON DISCUSSIONS
AND NEGOTIATIONS, AND THAT WAS
THE WAY IT WAS DRAFTED FOR A
VARIETY OF REASONS THAT WERE
MORE TECHNICAL. UM I THINK
YOU'RE ASKING FOR A POLICY
REASON WHY IT'S IN THERE. AND I
SAID, THAT'S ACTUALLY THERE
WASN'T IT WAS TO THE POLICY
REASONS THAT DEPARTMENT AND
AGENCIES COULD HAVE ACCESS TO A
LIST AND IT WAS GOING TO MAKE IT
EASIER TO HAVE IT SOMETHING THAT
WOULD ALSO BE PUBLIC. AND THEN,
AS I'VE SAID, SOME SUPPORTERS
HAVE SAID THAT THERE ARE THERE
ARE CONSUMERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
IF THEY ARE DEALING WITH THE
BUSINESS THAT IS SENDING THAT
ARE SENDING JOBS OVERSEAS. SO
HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT GOING
FURTHER. I WILL DEFER THE AUTHOR
KIND OF AND I KNOW WE'RE IN A
TIME CONSTRAINT BECAUSE WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE OUT OF HERE BY
12. BUT IF I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
YOUR SPECIFIC CONCERNS, I WOULD
BE A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT
DEPARTMENTS, UM OR JUST LEAVING
IT TO DEPARTMENTS TO DISCUSS IT
WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE I THINK
YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE
ARE SOME LOOPHOLES THERE. BUT I
WOULD LOVE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU
WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE. WELL I,
UM I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT
DEPARTMENTS WOULD YOU KNOW,
CONVENE A MEETING AND DISCUSS
AND I KNOW THAT ONE, BUT I THINK
THERE IS A WAY FOR DEPARTMENTS
TO, YOU KNOW, SHARE INFORMATION
TO MAKE SURE THAT A COMPANY THAT
IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN
GRANTS OR TAX CREDITS ISN'T ABLE
TO ACCESS THOSE FUNDS WITHOUT
PUBLICLY SHAMING THEM. WHICH IS
I THINK WHY THIS IS IN THIS
BILL, AND I DON'T I MEAN,
APPARENTLY THERE'S A REASON BUT
IT'S A SECRET. NOBODY WANTS TO
TELL ME WHAT IT IS. SO THAT'S
THAT'S FINE IF THEY DON'T WANT
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, I'M JUST
SAYING, I DON'T SEE ANY
LEGITIMATE PURPOSE FOR REQUIRING
THIS. BIâU. PUBLIC DECORATE
DECLARATION OF WHICH COMPANIES
ARE LEAVING OTHER THAN FOR
PUBLIC SHAMING. I JUST I DON'T
SEE ANY ANY VALUE IN THIS
WHATSOEVER BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S
THE GOVERNMENT. WE ALL TALK TO
ONE ANOTHER. EVERY DEPARTMENT
CAN SHARE THEIR INFORMATION WITH
THE OTHER. THERE IS A AND
ACCESSIBLE DATABASE. I'M SURE
THAT EVERYONE CAN RETRIEVE THEIR
INFORMATION FROM SO I'M
DISAPPOINTED, THOUGH, THAT WE
LEAST DIDN'T HAVE SOME HONESTY
HERE AS TO WHY THIS IS IN THIS
BILL, BUT I TRIED. SO THANK YOU
. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN FINISH
CLOSED. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THIS IS
THIS IS WHAT I WILL, UM, COMMIT
TO YOU AS SENATOR MELINDA'S. I
DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ANYONE HERE
IS BEING DISHONEST. THAT'S AN
INTERESTING STATEMENT TO SAY.
HOWEVER WHAT I WILL COMMIT IS
THAT MY STAFF WILL REACH OUT TO
YOUR STAFF SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE
OUT A DIFFERENT WAY. IN WHICH WE
CAN MAKE SURE THAT THESE, UM
STATE AGENCIES ARE AWARE OF THE
COMPANIES WHO HAVE MOVED THEIR
BUSINESS OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND
SEE IF THERE IS A DIFFERENT
METHOD IN WHICH WE CAN MAKE SURE
THAT THEY HAVE EASILY
ACCESSIBLE. WAIT TO GET THAT
INFORMATION. SO THAT IS WHAT I
WILL COMMIT. I'LL HAVE MY STAFF
WITHIN THE ROOM, REACH OUT TO
YOUR STAFF, AND WE CAN TALK
ABOUT IT. UM ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS? I DON'T THINK SO.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? SURE I
WOULD LOVE TO CLOSE. SO
ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, CORPORATE
TAX INCENTIVES AND SUBSIDIES
SHOULD BE BASED IN THE STATE
WHERE THE JOBS AND THE TAXPAYERS
ARE LOCATED. CONTINUING TO
SUBSIDIZE CORPORATIONS TO EXPORT
THEIR COSTS IN HER JOBS IS A
DISSERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF
CALIFORNIA AND IT ONLY SERVES TO
INCENTIVIZE ITS BEHAVIOR IN
CORPORATIONS. THIS BILL WILL
SUPPORT OUR COSTS AND OUR
WORKERS. RETAIN JOBS IN
CALIFORNIA AND PRIORITIZE ARE
SCARCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
RESOURCES TO COMPANIES THAT
INVEST HERE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR MY VOTE. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S APPRECIATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH SENATOR
MELENDEZ IS ON THIS ISSUE. I
WILL POINT OUT THERE HAS BEEN
BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN LOST ON THE
FLOOR BECAUSE THAT PUBLIC
SHAMING TYPE OF SITUATION, BUT
I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU TO, UH
DETERMINE HOW THE BILL GOES
FORWARD. I WILL BE SUPPORTING
THIS BILL TODAY TO MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS
MEETING IS IN RECESS UNTIL 1 30.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GEO
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION WILL.
RETURN FROM RECESS A QUICK
REMINDER FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH
WISHING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT VIA THE TELECONFERENCE
SERVICE, THE PARTICIPANT, TOLL
FREE NUMBER AND ACCESS CODES. IS
POSTED ON OUR COMMITTEE WEBSITE.
YOU KNOW, I'LL ANNOUNCE IT NOW.
TODAY'S PARTICIPATING NUMBER IS
844291. AND THE ACCESS CODE IS
8524841. OKAY WE'RE GONNA MOVE
TO FILE ITEM NUMBER 41. A B 29
74 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
CERVANTES. I'M HAPPY TO SAY GOOD
AFTERNOON. NOW THAT MORNING WAS
A LONG MORNING. WELCOME AND
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BEGIN. THANK
YOU SO MUCH, MR CHAIR AND
SENATORS. CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMIC
DOMINANCE IS BASED IN PART ON
THE SIGNIFICANT ROLE SMALL
BUSINESSES PLAY IN OUR STATE'S
$3.1 TRILLION ECONOMY. TWO
STUDIES ONE BY THE C CENSUS. U
S CENSUS BUREAU AND ANOTHER BY
THE KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION FOUND
THAT NET JOB GROWTH WAS
STRONGEST AMONG BUSINESSES WITH
LESS THAN 20 EMPLOYEES. A B 29
74 ESTABLISHES A 25. SMALL
BUSINESS PARTICIPATION GOAL IN
CONTRACTS FINANCE WITH CERTAIN
FUNDING APPROVED THROUGH THE
FEDERAL INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN
JOBS ACT. THE LEGISLATURE
APPLIED SIMILAR GOALS TO THE
2000 AND SIX STATE
INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS BY
INCLUDING SMALL BUSINESSES AS
PRIME AND SUB CONTRACTORS. THIS
IMPORTANT FEDERAL FUNDING WILL
HAVE A MUCH GREATER IMPACT. OF
THE CALIFORNIA ECONOMY,
INCLUDING MORE LOCAL JOBS AND
HIGHER REGIONAL MULTIPLIERS WITH
ME TO TALK. AND SUPPORT IS DAVID
NELSON, UH, WITH THE CALIFORNIA
ASIAN PACIFIC CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE, AND ON THE LINE IS
TRACY STANDOFF WITH THE AMERICAN
INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE. JUST A LITTLE
AFTERNOON, CALLOUS, STATIC
RUNNING INTO THE OFFICE RUNNING
INTO THE BUILDING. BUT THANK YOU
FOR TAKING UP THIS ISSUE TODAY
AND THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP
OF CHAIR CERVANTES IN THE WHOLE
JELLY COMMITTEE. PROCUREMENT IS
A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE TO THE
COLLISION CHAMBER AS YOU MAY
RECALL LAST WEEK, EVEN BEFORE
THIS COMMITTEE A BTO NOT 22019
WERE CAUGHT UP. I CAUGHT UP IN
THE STATES 25% SMALL BUSINESS
PROCUREMENT GOAL. SO IN THAT
SAME VEIN, WE ARE FULLY
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS LEGISLATION.
WE THINK IT'S A PRIORITY,
ESPECIALLY AS THIS ONCE IN A
GENERATION FUNDING COMES DOWN
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR
THE STATE TO ENSURE THAT, UM
SMALL AND MINORITY BUSINESSES
HAVE A FAIR AND EQUITABLE ACCESS
TO THOSE PROCUREMENT DOLLARS
THAT ARE COMING IN IS OF GREAT
IMPORTANCE TO THE CHAMBER, AND
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. IS THE OTHER. YEAH HI
, EVERYBODY. UM AND SHARING AND
CHAIRMAN AND ALL THE LEGISLATORS
. THIS IS TRACY STAND UP FORMER
TRAVEL CHAIR OF THE PRAIRIE
BAND, POTAWATOMI NATION AND
PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN
CALIFORNIA. WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY
SUPPORT THE 25% ESPECIALLY SINCE
IT'S BEEN SO DIFFICULT OTHERWISE
FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND TRIBAL
ENTERPRISES TO OBTAIN
CONTRACTING THROUGH THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA PROCESSES AS THEY
STAND THE FEDERAL MONIES ALL
HAVE CAVEATS TO THEM. WE HOPE
THAT INCLUDES SMALL BUSINESSES,
ESPECIALLY THE 25% LEVEL,
WHETHER IT'S DIRECTLY IN
CONTRACTING WITH THE STATE
THROUGH THESE CERTAIN FEDERAL
FUNDS. OR WITH THE PRIMES THAT
ALSO CONTRACT WITH THE STATE
USING THESE CERTAIN FEDERAL
FUNDS. SOMETIMES OUR BUSINESSES
MIGHT BE, UM, NOT IN THE
POSITION TO BE THE PRIME, BUT
THEY CERTAINLY CAN BE A
SUBCONTRACTOR. AND THERE'S A LOT
OF WORK OUT THERE THAT WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING. SO
THANK YOU ALL AND WE'RE
WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS
EFFORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANY
OTHER WITNESSES IN THIS ROOM
WISHING TO TESTIFY, SEEING NONE.
MODERATOR ON THE CO HOST LINE,
CAN WE PROMPT ANY WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT OF A B 29 74, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. AND IF YOU ARE IN
SUPPORT, PLEASE PRESS ONE THAN
ZERO. AND AT THIS TIME, THERE'S
NO ONE IN. Q HAVE YOU HEARD FROM
ALL SUPPORTERS WILL NOW FOLLOW
THE SAME PROCESS AND ONE IN THE
ROOM OPPOSED SEEING NONE
MODERATOR WILL DO THE SAME
THING. FOR OPPOSITION TO 29 74,
PLEASE. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED,
PLEASE PRESS ONE, THEN ZERO. AND
THERE'S NO ONE IN Q AT THIS
TIME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, UM
ANY MEMBERS. I'D LIKE TO
COMMENT. SENATOR WILL I'M
SUPPORTIVE OF THE BILL. AND I
THINK THE POINT THAT THE
ASSEMBLY WOMAN MADE IN TERMS OF
ABOUT, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES
UNDER 20 EMPLOYEES ARE AN
ECONOMIC DRIVER. I THINK WE
OUGHT TO BE DOING MORE TO SEE
WHAT WE CAN DO TO AH, GIVE THEM
A REGULATORY RELIEF, AND I THINK
THAT'S I MEAN, THIS IS GREAT AND
WE SHOULD DO THIS, BUT I THINK
WE NEED TO DO THINGS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE LAST EVEN LONGER.
THAT I THINK WOULD BENEFIT ALL
CALIFORNIANS. SO WITH WITH THAT
I WILL MOVE THE BILL WHEN
APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
. I THINK IT'S A GREAT BILL.
I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL
TODAY. UM OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T
VOTE ON IT WITHOUT A QUORUM. BUT
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR. I
APPRECIATE YOU KNOW YOUR YOUR
COMMENTS AND APPRECIATE THE
SUPPORT AND THE MOTION. I WANT
TO MAKE SURE WE CAN CONTINUE
THESE DISCUSSIONS AND CONTINUE
TALKING ABOUT THE VALUE OF STATE
CONTRACTING TO SMALL BUSINESSES
AND WITH APPRECIATE, AND I VOTE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S. SO WE'RE
LOOKING FOR SOME REMEMBER FLORA
OR LOW. NOW YEAH.
OH, ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LOW HEARD
ME. AMAZING. I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL
SEND ME MEMBER LOW. WELCOME TO
THE GEO COMMITTEE. WE APPRECIATE
YOU BEING HERE. I'M GOING TO THE
PAGE WHERE YOU WERE AT WITH
NUMBERS. NUMBER OF FILE ITEM
NUMBER 11 14 32. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO START THEIR OR THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MR CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THIS
CRAZY TIME. THE BILL BEFORE YOU
WITH RESPECT TO PRIDE MONTH,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH HAPPY PRIOR
TO RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR I VOTE.
OKAY IS THERE ANY BUT THERE'S
NOBODY IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE
CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAKING ON
THIS SCENE, NONE MODERATOR. CAN
WE GO TO THE COASTLINE AND SEE
IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN SUPPORT OF
14 32, PLEASE? THANK YOU. AND IF
YOU'RE IN SUPPORT, PLEASE PRESS
ONE AND ZERO. AND THERE'S NO ONE
IN Q AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING
FOR THOSE THAT OPPOSITION.
THERE'S NOBODY IN THE ROOM IN
OPPOSITION. UH, MODERATOR, LET'S
DO THE SAME THING FOR THOSE
POTENTIALLY IN OPPOSITION TO
THIS BILL. THANK YOU AND YOU'RE
AN OPPOSITION. PLEASE PRESS THE
ONE AND ZERO. AND THERE'S NO ONE
IN CUBA AT THIS TIME. REMEMBER,
LOVE. THIS WAS THE RECORD, UH,
BILL FOR THE DAY. THANK YOU FOR
THE BREVITY ON AN IMPORTANT
BILL. WILL WHICH WILL SET THIS
FORWARD? FOR GENERATIONS TO COME
RIGHT HERE. I'M NOT DONE YET.
WAS THE BRIEFEST BILL EVER. BUT
NOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
HAPPY PRIDE? YOU'RE OUT OF
ORDER. GO AHEAD. SOMEBODY MEMBER
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? I JUST
SAID HAPPY PRIDE, PRIDE,
BEAUTIFUL. SO AT THE RIGHT TIME,
WE'LL MAKE A MOTION. SOMEBODY
WILL MAKE A MOTION AND WE'LL
HEAR THIS. NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO
YOUR OTHER BILL. AYE BYLINE IN
NUMBER 12 A B 25 96 THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, MR CHAIR COLLEAGUES
JUST AS MUCH AS YOU ARE ALLIES
OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY. WE KNOW
YOU'RE EQUALLY ALLIES. IN THE
SOLIDARITY OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC
ISLANDER COMMUNITY TO HELP
SUPPORT LUNAR NEAR AS A HOLIDAY
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR I VOTE.
PERFECT ANYBODY IN THE ROOM
WISHING TO TESTIFY, SEE NONE.
CAN WE GO TO WELL, THE
TELECONFERENCE LINE MODERATOR
AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY
THERE. I WOULD SAY AND IF YOU
ARE. I'M SORRY IF YOU'RE IN
SUPPORT, PLEASE PRESS ONE AND
ZERO. AND WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON
IN Q AND IT WOULD BE JUST ONE
MOMENT. ACTUALLY WE HAVE TO IN
THE FIRST ONE IS LINE 1 21,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON
, JUSTIN ROSE ON BEHALF OF
ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB BUNTER
CALLED O J AND SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IN
LINE 1 22, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
AFTERNOON CARE AND MEMBERS. I
MEAN, DANIEL CHERYL, LEGISLATIVE
ADVOCATE WITH THÄU LOCAL 1000 ON
BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERS AND OUR
EIGHT ÁP I COMMITTEE CALLING AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
AND THERE'S NO ONE IN Q. AT THIS
TIME, THERE'S NOBODY IN THE ROOM
AND OPPOSITION SO MODERATOR,
WE'RE GONNA SEE IF THERE'S
ANYBODY ON THE LINE. THANK YOU.
AND IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PLEASE
PRESS ONE AND ZERO. AND THERE'S
NO ONE IN Q AT THIS TIME. OKAY
THANK YOU. SO, UM, ANY COMMENTS
WE'RE BRINGING THIS BACK TO
THAT. COMMITTEE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LOW AND HE
CLOSING COMMENTS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MR. CHAIR THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. WE'LL GET EMOTION ON THIS
AND VOTE ON IT AS SOON AS WE
HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU.
FOR ALL THE BILLS WERE ON
TODAY'S AGENDA. PROBABLY IN THE
NEXT 10 TO 15 MINUTES OF MEMBERS
NEED TO GET DOWN HERE. OKAY?
THE GEO COMMITTEE WILL MOVE INTO
RECESS UNTIL WE HAVE MEMBERS
BACK HERE OR PRESENTER.
BACK INTO SESSION FOR RECESS
WILL NOW MOVE TO FILE ITEM
NUMBER 28 A B 2037 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FLORA.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FLORA, PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO BE GOOD. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH CHAIR WILL KEEP THIS
BRIEF. BUT I'M HERE TO PRESENT A
B 2037, WHICH WILL PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL VOTING LOCATIONS FOR
CALIFORNIANS BY ALLOWING COUNTY
ELECTION OFFICIALS. TO USE BEING
USED LIKE THE VIA HALLS AS
POLLING LOCATIONS. THERE WAS AN
EXEMPTION EXEMPTION MADE IN 2020
GENERAL ELECTION AND 2021 RECALL
ELECTION TO ALLOW VENUES THAT
HAVE BARS THAT SERVE ALCOHOL. I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT WHILE THE POLLING PLACES
ARE OPEN NO ALCOHOL WILL BE
SERVED, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE. SYLVIA MEMBER. I
BELIEVE YOU HAVE RYAN RONCO ON
THE COASTLINE AND SUPPORT I
THINK THAT'S CORRECT. THAT IS
CORRECT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY
HERE, YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. PLEASE
PROCEED. FANTASTIC THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR DOT AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND
RYAN ROCCO WITH THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF CLERKS AND
ELECTIONS OFFICIALS. IN THE
INTEREST OF TIME. I'LL SKIP MOST
OF THE TESTIMONY. BUT IF I'M NOT
CLEAR, PLEASE ASK ME QUESTIONS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE MAYBE
23 7 WILL ALLOW COUNTY ELECTIONS
OFFICE IS TO USE FACILITIES LIKE
VETERANS HALLS AND BANQUET ROOMS
IS POLLING PLACES. THESE ARE
LOCATIONS WE'VE AVOID USING IN
THE PAST BECAUSE THEY WERE ALSO
PLACES WHERE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
ARE SOLD. TIS BILL IS
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO THE
VOTERS CHOICE AT COUNTIES, WE
MUST FIND FACILITIES THAT CAN BE
OPENED FOR FOUR OR 11 DAYS IN A
ROW. THANK YOU, AND WE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY IN
THE ROOM WISHING TO TESTIFY AND
SUPPORT? SEE NOBODY HERE.
MODERATOR. CAN WE GO TO THE CO
HOST LINE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY
BUT IT WOULD BUDDY WISHING TO
TESTIFY. IN SUPPORT OF 2037,
PLEASE. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU'RE
IN SUPPORT, PLEASE PRESS LONDON
ZERO. AND THERE'S NO ONE IN Q AT
THIS TIME. THANK YOU, HAVING
HEARD FROM SUPPORTERS FROM NOW,
FOLLOWING THE SAME PROCESS,
THERE'S NOBODY IN THE ROOM
WISHING TO TESTIFY IN
OPPOSITION. UH MODERATOR, CAN WE
CHECK THE LINES TO SEE IF
ANYBODY IS ONLINE? SCHEMING.
MODERATE WE'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE
WANTING TO TESTIFY. IF YOU'RE IN
A POSITION, PLEASE PRESS 10. OH,
YES. YOU KNOW ONE. THANK YOU AT
THIS TIME. GREAT. SO NOW WE'LL.
BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE
HERE. SENATOR WILK QUESTION OF
THE AUTHOR. SO THESE ARE LIKE
VENUES THAT SERVE ALCOHOL, BUT
THEY CAN SERVE ALCOHOL WHILE
THERE'S VOTING. DOES THAT MEAN
THAT THESE POLLING PLACES ARE
GOING TO CLOSE DOWN AT FIVE PM?
NO. SO THEY'LL STAY OPEN ALL THE
WAY TO CORRECT OKAY? SENATOR
MELODIC IS. THANK YOU. SO IS
THIS JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR LIKE
THE FWS AND AMERICAN LEGIONS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT, OR IS IT ANY
ESTABLISHMENT THAT SERVES
ALCOHOL? ANY ESTABLISHMENT THAT
SERVES ALCOHOL? SO IT STARTED
WITH THE V F W. AMERICAN
LEGIONS, BUT CIVIC CENTERS.
COMMUNITY CENTERS HAVE BARS IN
THEM. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF
THEM TO DO SO, BUT THIS OKAY?
BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THE LOCAL BAR.
NO THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE NO
MAKING SURE THE LOCAL DIET BAR
HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM
LIKE NO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S
WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO.
ABSOLUTELY NOT ON THE RECORD.
OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE?
SURE YEAH, OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE, DISRESPECTFUL? LAST
REVIVAL, RIGHT. WHEN WE GET A
QUORUM WILL GET EMOTION AND VOTE
ON YOUR BILL. THANK YOU. EIGHT.
OKAY WE ARE WAITING FOR A QUORUM
HERE. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE. WOULD
STAFF PLEASE CONTACT THEIR
MEMBERS AND GET THEM DOWN TO WE
NEED TO MEETING ROOM 1200,
PLEASE IMMEDIATELY. OKAY THAT'S
EIGHT. WE NEED ONE MORE AWARD
SIX. YEARS. HEY, UM, CAN WE.
RETURN FROM RECESS. WE DO HAVE A
QUORUM. CAN WE CALL THE ROLL,
PLEASE? DAD. HEAR HEAR NIELSEN.
NELSON HERE. ALAN ALAN HERE,
ARCHULETTA. BECKER. GORGEOUS
BRADFORD. LASER SO HERE, JONES
JONES HERE, KAMLAGER. KAMLAGER
HERE. MELENDEZ, MELINDA'S HERE,
PORTANTINO. FLORENTINO HERE,
RUBIO. WILK CARE. OKAY WELL, NOW
LEFT THE CALLS WERE GOING TO DO
THIS. TO GET EVERYBODY THAT'S
HERE OUT, AND THEN I'LL WAIT AND
DO ONE CALL. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE
ELSE WILL BE HERE. SO WE'LL MOVE
. WE'LL START WITH THE CONSENT
CALENDARS ARE MOTION ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. MOTION BY
SENATOR HUESO. SECRETARY PLEASE
OPEN THE ROLE AND THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. I NILSSON NILSSON, I
ALAN ALAN I. BECKER. GORGEOUS.
BRADFORD. GLASER. HERTZBERG. T. IT'S HERZBERG ON THIS. IS HE
ON THIS COMMUNITY?
OKAY WE HAD A LITTLE TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTY. WE'RE GOING TO START
OVER ON THE CONSENT ITEM. SO
CALENDAR, SO LET'S PROCEED DODD.
I NIELSEN. NELSON. I, ALAN. ALAN
I. BECKER. GORGEOUS. BRADFORD.
GLASER. ARCHULETTA. HUESO. SO I
JONES. JONES I KAMLAGER KAMLAGER
I'M MELENDEZ. MELINDA'S AYE
PORTANTINO. WARRANTY NÓI RUBIO.
RUBIO. RUBIO. I WILK. WILK I GOT
10 VOTES. WE WILL PUT THAT ON
CALL. NOW MOVE TO FILE ITEM
NUMBER TWO A. B 4 95 BUY SOME
REMEMBER BIGELOW, WE'VE GOT A
MOTION BY SENATOR HUESO.
SECRETARY THE MOTION IS DUE PAST
TWO. APPROPRIATION SECRETARY
PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE. DONE. I
GOT I. NIELSEN. ALAN ALAN I.
BECKER. GORGEOUS. BRADFORD.
GLASER ARCHULETTA. HUESO I
JONES. JONES. I KAMLAGER
KAMLAGER I. MELINDA'S.
PORTANTINO PORTANTINO. AYE,
RUBIO. RUBIO. I WILK. BILL'S GOT
SEVEN VOTES. WE WILL PUT THAT ON
CALL. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO FILE
ITEM NUMBER SIX A. B 9 23 BY 70
MEMBERS RAMOS IN ANOTHER MESS
MOTION BY SENATOR HUESO
SECRETARY POLICE CALL THE ROLL.
YES, SENATOR HUESO. EXCUSE ME.
THE MOTIONS DO PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS. THANK YOU,
SECRETARY. PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE.
AYE, NIELSEN. ALAN ALAN I.
BECKER. GORGEOUS BRADFORD.
GLASER. ARCHULETTA. HUESO. WELL,
SO I, JONES JONES. I KAMLAGER
KAMLAGER I. MELINDA'S MELINDA'S
AYE, PORTANTINO. WARRANTY NÓI
RUBIO. RUBIO. I WILK. WILK I GOT
NINE VOTES GOES ON CALL. NOW.
MOVE THE FILE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN
A B 2022. ITEM SIX. OKAY.
MICHAEL. SO WE'RE OPENING UP.
BYLINE NUMBER 69 23 NIELSEN IS
AN EYE PERHAPS CALL THE OPPOSITE
MEMBERS ABSENT MEMBERS, NIELSEN
LIKE NIELSEN, I BECKER GORGEOUS
BRADFORD GLASER. ARCHULETTA.
OKAY THAT'S GOT 10 VOTES. THOSE
ON CALL NOW MOVED TO FILE ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN A. B 2022. IS THERE
A MOTION ON THE BILL? MOTION BY
SENATOR WES Ó. SECRETARY IT'S
EMOTION IS DO PASS THE
APPROPRIATIONS. SECRETARY PLEASE
OPEN THE ROLE. DOT NIELSEN YOU,
NELSON. NELSON. I, ALAN. ALAN I.
BECKER. GORGEOUS BRADFORD.
GLASER. ARCHULETTA WEST. SO I,
JONES JONES. I KAMLAGER KAMLAGER
I. MELINDA'S LINDA'S AYE
PORTANTINO. QUARANTINE. OI
RUBIO! RUBIO. I WILK. WILK? AYE.
BILL HAS 10 VOTES WILL PUT THAT
ON CALL WILL NOW MOVE ON TO FILE
ITEM NUMBER 8 89 88 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BAUER-KAHAN IS
OUR MOTION ON THAT BILL. I'M
GOING TO GIVE THAT TO SENATOR
WILK. BUT MOTION IS DUE PASS TO
THE HEALTH COMMITTEE SECRETARY,
PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE. I NIELSEN.
ALAN ALAN I BECKER. GORGEOUS.
BRADFORD GLASER ARCHULETTA. WHAT
SO WHAT? SO I, JONES JONES, I
KAMLAGER KAMLAGER. I'M MELENDEZ.
PORTANTINO WARRANTY NÓI RUBIO.
RUBIO. I WILK. WILK? AYE. THEY
ALSO NIELSEN DIæN. SENATOR
NIELSEN. AYE. SO WHAT I DO IS
THAT NINE OR. THAT'S BILL HAS
NINE VOTES WILL PUT THAT ON CALL
WILL NOW MOVE TO FINAL ITEM
NUMBER 11 A B 14 32 LOW. IS
THERE A MOTION ON THAT BILL?
SIR, I'M UP. BY SENATOR WES Ó.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASS TO THE
FLOOR SECRETARY. PLEASE OPEN THE
ROLE. I NELSON. ALAN ALAN I.
BECKER. GORGEOUS. BRADFORD.
GLASER. ARCHULETTA. WHAT? SO I
JONES KAMLAGER KAMLAGER I,
MELENDEZ? PORTANTINO WARRANTY
NÓI RUBIO. RUBIO I WILK WILK. I
GOT SEVEN VOTES WILL PUT THAT ON
CALL WILL NOW MOVE TO FIRE LINE
NUMBER 12 A B 25 96 LOW. MOTION
BY WEST SO THE MOTION IS DO PASS
THROUGH APPROPRIATION SECRETARY
PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE. DONE BY
NIELSEN. ALAN. ALAN I. BECKER
BECKER. I BORE GIS. BRADFORD.
GLASER. ARCHULETTA. WHAT? SO I,
JONES JONES, I KAMLAGER KAMLAGER
I. MELINDA'S MELINDA'S AYE,
PORTANTINO. PORTANTINO. AYE,
RUBIO. RUBIO I WILK. I GOT 10
VOTES WILL PUT THAT BILL ON CALL
WILL NOW MOVE TO FINE LINE OR 15
. MAYBE 16 OH, ONE ROPE. WEBER
IS THERE THERE'S A MOTION BY
SENATOR WES Ó. BUSH IS DUE
PASSES AMENDED. APPROPRIATION
SECRETARY PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE I
NIELSEN. NELSON. NO, ALAN ALAN
I. BECKER. AYE. BECKER. I
GORGEOUS BRADFORD. GLASER.
ARCHULETTA. HUESO. SO I JONES
JONES. NO KAMLAGER. KAMLAGER I
MELENDEZ MELINDA'S NO
PORTANTINO. PORTANTINO. AYE,
RUBIO. RUBIO. I WILK. THAT'S GOT
77 EYES. THREE KNOWS THE BILL
WILL BE ON CALL AND I MOVED TO
FILE ON HIM. NUMBER 16 A. B 16
OH, FOUR. HOLDEN. IS THERE A
MOTION ON THAT BILL? SO SENATOR
WEST SO. BUSHES DO PASS AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATION
SECRETARY POLICE CALL THE ROLE I
GOT I NIELSEN. SENATOR WILSON.
NIELSEN. NO, ALAN. ALAN I.
BECKER BECKER. I BORE GIS.
BRADFORD. GLASER ARCHULETTA.
HUESO. SO I JONES JONES. NO
KAMLAGER. KAMLAGER I. MELINDA'S
MELINDA'S NO PORTANTINO.
QUARANTINE. OI RUBIO! RUBIO. I
WILK. NÓ WILK. NO. SEVEN EYES
FOR KNOWS THE BILLS ON CALL. NOW
MOVE TO FINALIZE. REMEMBER 17,
MAYBE 16 48 MAIENSCHEIN. POTION
BY HUESO. THE MOTION IS DUE PAST
TWO. APPROPRIATION SECRETARY
PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE. GOD I
NILSSON NILSSON. NO, ALAN. ALAN
I. BECKER. RIGHT? BECKER I BORE
GIS BRADFORD. GLASER.
ARCHULETTA. HUESO WEST. SO I
JONES KAMLAGER KAMLAGER I,
MELENDEZ? PORTANTINO RINTY NÓI
RUBIO. RUBIO. I WILK. WILK I
EIGHT VOTES, UH, THE BILLS ON
CALL. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO FILE
ITEM MEMBER 19 A B 16 87 SEYARTO
IS THERE A MOTION ON THAT BILL?
SENATOR WESA MOVES. MOTION IS DO
PASS THE FLOOR SECRETARY PLEASE
OPEN THE ROLE. I NIELSEN.
NELSON. NELSON. I, ALAN. ALAN I.
BECKER. SENATOR BECKER. YES
SORRY. ER, I GORGEOUS. BRADFORD.
GLASER ARCHULETTA. HUESO H
NES. JONES I KAMLAGER KAMLAGER
NÓ MELENDEZ. MELINDA'S AYE
PORTANTINO. QUARANTINE. OI
RUBIO! RUBIO I WILK ANGRY, WILK
. I 10 VOTES. UH BILL WAS ON
CALL ONE TO WHAT? SO FAR WE WILL
NOW MOVE TO FILE ITEM NUMBER 24
A B. 18 34 SENATOR GIBSON MOTION
WEST, SO THE MOTION IS DO PASS
THROUGH APPROPRIATION SECRETARY
PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE. DOT I
NIELSEN. ALAN. ALAN I. BECKER
BECKER. I BARGES. BRADFORD
GLASER ARCHULETTA. WHAT? SO I
JONES KAMLAGER KAMLAGER I.
MELINDA'S. PORTANTINO.
QUARANTINE. OI RUBIO! RUBIO. I
WILK. WILK NOW. THE SEVEN EYES
THREE KNOWS THE BILLS ON CALL
NOW MOVED TO BYLINE MEMBER 26 A
B 23. OR THREE THAT WE JUST
WITHOUT WHAT I SAY WE HAD ONE.
ONE. NO. EXCUSE ME. SO WE'LL
MOVE TO FILE LINE NUMBER 26 A B
23 OH THREE A YEAR CURRY. IS
THERE A MOTION IT'S WENT SO
AGAIN. MOTIONS DO PASS THROUGH
APPROPRIATIONS SECRETARY PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. DODD AYE,
NIELSEN. NELSON. I, ALAN. ALAN
I. BECKER BECKER. I BORE GIS.
BRADFORD. GLASER. ARCHULETTA
HUESO. SO I, JONES JONES. I
KAMLAGER KAMLAGER I MELENDEZ
MELINDA'S AYE PORTANTINO.
PORTANTINO. AYE, RUBIO. REVIEW I
WILK WILK? AYE. 11 OR 10. 11 11.
HOW THAT BUILDS ON CALL. WHEN
YOU MOVE TO FOLLOW THE MEMBER 28
A B 2037 BY FLORA IS THERE A
MOTION ON THE BILL? THANK YOU,
SENATOR. WAYS OUT. THE MOTION IS
DO PASS THE FLOOR SECRETARY,
PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE. DAD I
NIELSEN SENATOR NELSON. SENATOR
NIELSEN. HI. NELSON. I, ALAN.
SENATOR ALLEN? AYE. BECKER
GIORGIS, BRADFORD GLASER
ARCHULETTA. HUESO. SO I JONES
JONES. I KAMLAGER KAMLAGER I
MELENDEZ MELINDA'S AYE
PORTANTINO. QUARANTINE. OI
RUBIO! RUBIO. I WILK WILK. AYE.
11 11. VOTES BUILDS ON CALL WILL
NOW MOVE TO FILE ITEM NUMBER 29
A B 22 OH, NINE. COOLEY MOTION
WEST SO THE MOTION IS DUE PASS
TO THE FLOOR SECRETARY. PLEASE
OPEN THE ROLE. DOT NIELSEN
NIELSEN. I, ALAN. ALAN I. BECKER
BECKER. I BORE GIS BRADFORD
GLASER. ARCHULETTA HUESO. SO I
JONES KAMLAGER KAMLAGER I.
MELINDA'S. PORTANTINO
PORTANTINO. AYE, RUBIO. RUBIO I
WILK WILK NOW. BILL'S GOT EIGHT
AYE. ZWAH KNOW THAT BILL IS ON
CALL WILL NOW MOVE TO FINAL ITEM
NUMBER 30 A B 2015 25 19.
COOLEY. MOTION WAS SO. THE
MOTION IS DUE PAST THE FLOOR
SECRETARY PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE.
I NIELSEN. NIELSEN. I, ALAN.
ALAN I. BECKER BECKER. I
GORGEOUS BRADFORD. GLASER.
ARCHULETTA HUESO. WHAT'S SO I
JONES? KAMLAGER KAMLAGER I.
MELINDA'S. PORTANTINO. WARRANTY
NÓI RUBIO. RUBIO I WILK WILK
NOW. SO THAT HAS EIGHT EYES AND
ONE KNOW THAT BUILDS ON CALL.
NOW MOVED TO FILE ITEM NUMBER 31
A B 22 10 BY SOME REMEMBER
QUIRK. MOTION WHERE SO THE
MOTION IS DUE. PASS
APPROPRIATIONS SECRETARY PLEASE
OPEN THE ROLE. JOHN I. NILSSON
NILSSON. I ALAN. BECKER BECKER.
I BORE GIS BRADFORD GLASER.
ARCHULETTA. HUESO. WEST. SO I
JONES. KAMLAGER. KAMLAGER I.
MELINDA'S. MELINDA'S NO
PORTANTINO. RUBIO. WELL. WILK?
AYE. BEALL HAS FIVE VOTES, ONE
UP IN A AND THAT BILL IS ON
CALL. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO FILE.
I REMEMBER 32 A B 23 22 MOTION
WHITE SO. MOTIONS DO PASS
THROUGH APPROPRIATION SECRETARY
PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE. I GOT I.
NILSSON NILSSON, I ALAN ALAN
ALAN. ALAN I. BECKER. I ER I
BORE GIS BRADFORD GLASER.
ARCHULETTA. HUESO. SO I, JONES
JONES. I KAMLAGER KAMLAGER I
MELENDEZ MELINDA'S AYE
PORTANTINO. PORTANTINO. AYE,
RUBIO. RUBIO I WILK WILK. I 11
VOTES THAT BUILDS ON A CALL NOW
MOVED TO FILE UNDER 33 A B 23 82
BY LEE IS THERE A MOTION ON THE
BILL? OH, BECKER. MOVED BY
SENATOR BECKER MOTIONS DO PATHS
IS AMENDED. TAPPROPRIATIONS
SECRETARY. PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE.
DOT NIELSEN NIELSEN. NO, ALAN.
ALAN I. BECKER BECKER. I BORE
GIS. BRADFORD. GLASER
ARCHULETTA. HUESO. WEST SO I,
JONES JONES. NO KAMLAGER.
KAMLAGER I. MELINDA'S MELINDA'S
NO PORTANTINO. WARRANTY NÓI
RUBIO. RUBIO I WILK WILK. I ATE
EYES AND THREE KNOWS THAT BUILDS
ON CALL. NEWTON MOVED TO VIOLET
NUMBER 34 A B 24 19 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BRIAN. IS THERE
A MOTION ON THE BILL? WHO WAS
WHO WAS FIRST THERE, SENATOR
KAMLAGER. I GOT YOU. THE MOTION
IS DO PASS THROUGH APPROPRIATION
SECRETARY PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE I
NIELSEN. NIELSEN. NO, ALAN. ALAN
I. BECKER BECKER. I GORGEOUS
BRADFORD GLASER. ARCHULETTA SO
WHAT? SO I, JONES JONES, I
KAMLAGER JONES. I TO KNOW.
KAMLAGER. KAMLAGER. AYE,
MELENDEZ. MELINDA'S NO
PORTANTINO. WARRANTY NÓI RUBIO
RUBIO, I WILK. THOSE GUYS, I
THINK SAID THAT 712. SEVEN EYES
THREE KNOWS THE BILL WAS ON
CALL. NOW MOVE THE FILE. I
REMEMBER 39 A B 29 31 BLOOM
MOTION HUESO. THE MOTIONS DO
PASS THROUGH APPROPRIATION
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
DODD. I NILSSON NILSSON. NO,
ALAN. ALAN I. BECKER BECKER I
GORGEOUS BRADFORD GLASER,
ARCHULETTA WEST. SO I, JONES
JONES. NO KAMLAGER. KAMLAGER I,
MELENDEZ? MELINDA'S NO
PORTANTINO. WARRANTY NÓI RUBIO.
WILK. WHY WILK? I HOLD IT. HOLD
IT. WILK. WILK I TO KNOW. I'M
GOING TO TELL ME THAT JUST. SIX
HOW MANY NOS 66 TO 4 THE BILLS
ON CALL. WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO
FILE ITEM NUMBER 41 A B 29 74
CERVANTES. THE MOTION WAITS OUT.
MOTIONS DO PASS THROUGH
APPROPRIATIONS. PUT SECRETARY
PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE I NIELSEN.
NIELSEN. NO, ALAN. ALAN I.
BECKER BECKER. I GORGEOUS
BRADFORD GLASER ARCHULETTA.
HUESO Hí
KAMLAGER I. MELINDA'S.
FLORENTINO. WARRANTY NÓI RUBIO.
RUBIO. I WILK. WILK? AYE. THE
LAST NINE VOTES CALL. HAS 88 28.
EXCUSE ME. EIGHT EYES ZERO KNOWS
THAT BILL IS ON CALL. 15.
A B 94 95 BIGELOW IS A MOTION BY
HUESO MOTIONS DO PASS THROUGH
APPROPRIATIONS. BELIEVE THERE'S
SEVEN VOTES CALL THE ROLE
MEMBERS NIELSEN BECKER. I, ER I
BORG GIS. BRADFORD. GLASER
ARCHULETTA. MELINDA'S. WILK.
HEAVY DOWN. IT'S ENOUGH. WILK?
AYE. BILL IS NINE VOTES. YES.
THE COMMITTEE WILL BE IN RECESS
UNTIL WE HAVE MORE MEMBERS HERE
TO ADD ON.
MOVE BACK FROM RECESS. UM ITEM
NUMBER 31. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN
THE CALL SECRETARY BOB. GUESS I
SHOULD READ THAT. MHM. WITHOUT
THAT'S A B 22 10 QUIRK IS WE
HAVE A MOTION BY WEST SO THE
MOTIONS DO PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS. YEAH, OKAY. WE
HAVE 5 TO 1 RIGHT NOW, UH, CALL
THE ROLL. ABSENT MEMBERS, ALLEN
ALAN, I GORGEOUS. BRADFORD.
BRADFORD. I GLASER. ARCHULETTA.
JONES. PORTANTINO RUBIO. 71 IT'S
88 TO 1 TO ONE THAT BILL WAS ON
COURT REMOVED THE TOP. SO WE'LL
MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
SECRETARY, PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE.
ABSENT MEMBERS. BECKER. BECKER.
I GORGEOUS. BRADFORD BRADFORD. I
GLASER. ARCHULETTA. OKAY 12
VOTES THOSE ON CALL. WE'VE
ALREADY DONE FILING NUMBER TWO
RIGHT OVER SENATOR BRADFORD. YES
FILE ON HIM OR TWO, MAYBE 4 95
BIGELOW. OPEN THE ROLE ABSENT
MEMBERS, NIELSEN GORGEOUS
BRADFORD. BRADFORD GLASER
ARCHULETTA. MELENDEZ. INTENT 10
VOTES WILL PUT THAT ON CALL ITEM
NUMBER. SIX A B 9 23. ABSENT
MEMBERS. BECKER RIGHT? BECKER. I
BORE GIS. BRADFORD BRADFORD. I
GLASER. ARCHULETTA. AS 12 VOTES.
BILLS ON CALL. NOW MOVED. FILE
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN A B 2020 TO
OPEN THE ROLL, PLEASE. VERY
GOOD. THAT'S 2022 RAMOS. ABSENT
MEMBERS. BECKER. RIGHT BECKER I
GORGEOUS BRADFORD. BRADFORD I
GLASER ARCHULETTA. BILL HAS 12
VOTES ON CALL. NOW MOVE TO FILE
NUMBER ITEM NUMBER 8 89 88
BAUER-KAHAN. ABSOLUTELY ABSENT
MEMBERS. BECKER RIGHT, BECKER. I
BORE GIS. BRADFORD BRADFORD I
GLASER ARCHULETTA. MELINDA HAS
11 VOTES. THOSE ON CALL.
HIGHLIGHT UM, NUMBER 11 A B 14
32 LOW. OPEN THE ROLE. ABSENT
MEMBERS, NIELSEN BECKER. ALRIGHT
BECKER. I BORE GIS. BRADFORD
BRADFORD I GLASER ARCHULETTA
JONES MENDEZ. NINE VOTES THAT
BUILDS ON CALL MOVED TO FILE. I
REMEMBER 12 25 96 LOW OPEN THE
ROLE ABSENT MEMBERS, NIELSEN
GORGEOUS. BRADFORD. BRADFORD I
GLASER ARCHULETTA. 11. VOTES.
BILLS ON CALL A B 16 OH ONE ITEM
NUMBER 15 WEBER. OPEN THE ROLL,
PLEASE ABSENT MEMBERS, GORGEOUS
BRADFORD BRADFORD I GLASER
ARCHULETTA. WILK. EIGHT VOTES,
TWO BILLS ON CALL. PILOT NUMBER
16 ABBY 16 OH, FOUR. HOLDEN.
OPEN THE ROLL, PLEASE ABSENT
MEMBERS BOARD GIS, BRADFORD
BRADFORD I LASER ARCHULETTA.
THAT'S EIGHT. ISAND FOR KNOWS,
UH, THAT BUILDS ON CALL A LOT OF
NUMBER 17 A B 16 48. OPEN THE
ROLE MAIENSCHEIN OPEN THE ROLL,
PLEASE MEMBERS, GORGEOUS
BRADFORD. BRADFORD. I GLASER.
ARCHULETTA. JONES MELENDEZ.
STILL HAS NINE VOTES. ONE VOTE
NO, THAT THOSE ON CALL. NOW MOVE
THE FILE. I REMEMBER 19 A B 16
87 SEYARTO. ABSENT MEMBERS,
GORGEOUS BRADFORD. BRADFORD I
GLASER ARCHULETTA. 11 TO 1 GOES
UNCALLED FILE AUTUMN 24 18 34
GIBSON OPEN THE ROLE MEMBERS
NIELSEN. GORGEOUS BRADFORD.
BRADFORD I. GLASER ARCHULETTA
JONES, MELINDA'S. HAS EIGHT
VOTES THAT GOES ON CALL. YOU
HAVE TO FILE AFTER 26 MAYBE 23
OH, THREE AGUIAR-CURRY. OPEN THE
ROLE ABSENT MEMBERS, GORGEOUS
BRADFORD BRADFORD I GLASER
ARCHULETTA. 11 VOTES THAT BUILDS
ON CALL. BYLINE 28 2037 FLORA,
UH, ABSENT MEMBERS, GORGEOUS.
BRADFORD. BRADFORD I GLASER
ARCHULETTA 12. THE DOOR IS ON
CALL ITEM NUMBER 29 A B 22 OH,
NINE. COOLEY OPEN THE ROLE
ABSENT MEMBERS, GORGEOUS
BRADFORD. BRADFORD I. GLASER
ARCHULETTA JONES MELENDEZ. 9 TO
1 BILLS ON CALL. WILL NOW MOVE
TO FILE UNDER 30 A B 25 19
COOLEY ABSENT MEMBERS, GORGEOUS
BRADFORD. BRADFORD I. GLASER
ARCHULETTA JONES MELENDEZ. 9 TO
1 CALL. HIGHLIGHTING NUMBER 31
22 10 QUIRK. ABSENT MEMBERS,
GORGEOUS. GLASER. ARCHULETTA.
PORTANTINO RUBIO. 81 PETALS ON
CALL. BY NUMBER 32 A B 23 22 I
WOULD ABSENT MEMBERS, GORGEOUS.
BRADFORD. BRADFORD. I GLASER.
ARCHULETTA. 12 VOTES THAT BUILDS
ON CALL. BILE ITEM NUMBER 33 A B
28 32 28 23 82. BUY SOME
REMEMBER, LEE OPENED THE ROLE
ABSENT MEMBERS, GORGEOUS
BRADFORD. BRADFORD I GLASER
ARCHULETTA. 93 IT'S CALL. BYLINE
OF 34 A B 24 19 BRIAN ABSENT
MEMBERS, GORGEOUS. BRADFORD.
BRADFORD I GLASER ARCHULETTA.
AND WILK. 8 TO 3 ON CALL. FILE
ITEM OR 39 A B 29 31 BLOOM OPEN
THE ROLE ABSENT MEMBERS. GIORGIS
BRADFORD. UH, 29 31. BRADFORD.
AYE BRADFORD. I GLASER
ARCHULETTA. RUBIO. 83 ON CALL.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE? 456 I HAVE
77724. 7 TO 4 BILLS ON CALL.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. NOW MOVE TO
FIRE ALARM AT 41 A B 29 74
CERVANTES. ABSENT MEMBERS BOARD
GIS BRADFORD. BRADFORD I. GLASER
ARCHULETTA JONES MELENDEZ. 99 TO
1. WE GOT NINE BILLS ON CALL.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO RECESS
UNTIL THE FINAL MEMBER COMES.
OKAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE
FINAL LIFT THE CALL. START WITH
CONSENT CALENDAR. OPEN THE ROLL,
PLEASE. GORGEOUS GLASER
ARCHULETTA TÔI 13 0 13 VOTES
IT'S OUT. FILE ITEM NUMBER TWO
A. B 94 95 BIGELOW OPEN THE ROLL
, PLEASE ABSENT MEMBERS NIELSEN
GORGEOUS GLASER. ARCHULETTA
ARCHULETTA. I MELENDEZ. 11 VOTES
THAT BILL IS OUT. FOLLOWING
NUMBER SIX A. B 9 23 RAMOS
GORGEOUS GLASER. ARCHULETTA
ARCHULETTA? AYE. 13 VOTES THAT
BUILDS OUT. DIAMETER SEVEN A. B
2022 RAMOS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
GLASER ARCHULETTA TÔI. 13 VOTES
THAT BUILDS OUT WILL MOVE INTO
FILE. I REMEMBER EIGHT MAYBE 9
88 BAUER-KAHAN. ABSENT MEMBERS,
GORGEOUS. GLASER ARCHULETTA TÔI.
MELINDA'S. 12 VOTES THAT BUILDS
OUT NOW. MOVED FILE ON 11 14 32
LOW MEMBERS NIELSEN GORGEOUS
GLASER ARCHULETTA TÔI JONES,
MELINDA'S. 10 VOTES THAT BUILDS
OUT BY ITEM NUMBER, 12 A B 25 96
LOW ABSENT MEMBERS, NIELSEN
GORGEOUS. GLASER ARCHULETTA
ARCHULETTA? AYE. 12 0 12 0 THAT
BUILDS OUT MOVED TO FILE LINE OR
15 A B 16 OH, ONE WEBER MEMBERS
, GORGEOUS GLASER ARCHULETTA TÔI
WILK. 93 THE BILLS OUT. FILE
ADAM 16 A B 16 OH, FOUR. HOLDEN.
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. GLASER
ARCHULETTA TÔI. 9 TO 4 TO FOUR.
SO WOULD YOU OUT BYLINE IMMER 17
A B 16 48. ABSENT MEMBERS,
GORGEOUS GLASER, ARCHULETTA TÔI
JONES, MELINDA'S. 10 1 THE BILLS
OUT 10 TO 1. IS THAT WHAT YOU
HAD 10 TO 15 ITEM NUMBER 19 A B
16 87 CIERTO. ABSENT MEMBERS,
GORGEOUS GLASER ARCHULETTA TÔI
12-1 12-1 THE BILLS OUT. WHO
MOVED FILE ON NUMBER 24 A B 30
18 34 GIBSON ABSENT MEMBERS,
NIELSEN GORGEOUS GLASER,
ARCHULETTA, TÔI. JONES MELENDEZ.
LINED THEM ONE 9 TO 1. 9 TO 1
BUILDS OUT. WE NOW MOVE TO FILE.
I REMEMBER 26 23 OH THREE A YEAR
ARE CURRY ABSENT MEMBERS,
GORGEOUS GLASER ARCHULETTA TÔI
13 0. 13 0. AH FINALLY, MARCH 28
2037 FLORA. ABSENT MEMBERS,
GORGEOUS GLASER ARCHULETTA TÔI
13 0 13 0 BILLS OUT. FOLLOW HIM
OR 29 A B 22 OH, NINE. COOLEY
GORGEOUS GLASER ARCHULETTA TÔI
10 TO 1 TO ONE THE BILLS OUT ON
MARCH 30 25 19 COOLEY. ABSENT
MEMBERS, GORGEOUS GLASER,
ARCHULETTA, TÔI JONES,
MELINDA'S. 10 TO 1 10 TO 1
BUILDS OUT FOLLOWING 31 A B 22
10 QUIRK ABSENT MEMBERS,
GORGEOUS GLASER ARCHULETTA
ARCHULETTA. AYE, JONES.
PORTANTINO RUBIO. 9 TO 1 AND ONE
THAT BUILDS OUT NUMBER 32 A B 23
22 WOULD MEMBERS GORGEOUS GLASER
ARCHULETTA ARCHULETTA. I 13 0 13
0 BILLS OUT ITEM 33. 23 82 LI
MEMBERS GORGEOUS GLASER
ARCHULETTA TÔI. 10 3. NUMBER 34
29 24 19 BRIAN. ABSENT MEMBERS,
GORGEOUS GLASER ARCHULETTA TÔI.
AND WILK THREE BILLS OUT. WILL
MOVE TO FOLLOW. REMEMBER 39 A B
29 31 BLOOM ABSENT MEMBERS,
GORGEOUS GLASER ARCHULETTA
ARCHULETTA. I HAVE 8 TO 4. 824
THAT BILL IS OUT. AH! NO ITEM
NUMBER 41 A B 29 74 CERVANTES
ABSENT MEMBERS, GORGEOUS GLASER
ARCHULETTA. HI. ARCHULETTA I
JONES MELENDEZ 10 TO 1. TO
ANYONE THAT BUILDS OUT I WANT TO
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